News and Publications

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Federal / Australia

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Australian Radioactive Waste Management Framework

Department of Industry, Science and Resources 13 November 2026

NSW Assessment Bilateral Agreement

DCCEEW 19 November 2026

National Ocean Advisory Group: expressions of interest

DCCEEW 19 November 2026

Potential removal of CMS-listed scalloped hammerhead shark and great hammerhead shark from WTO approvals for 3 export fisheries

DCCEEW 24 November 2026

Draft National Recovery Plan for the South-eastern glossy black cockatoo

DCCEEW 8 January 2027

Draft threat abatement plan for infection of amphibians with chytrid fungus resulting in chytridiomycosis 2026

DCCEEW 18 January 2027

Draft threat abatement plan for predation by European red fox – Vulpes vulpes – 2026

DCCEEW 29 January 2027

New South Wales

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Draft Koala Conservation Strategy

DCCEEW NSW 9 November 2026

Lachlan Floodplain Management Plan

DCCEEW NSW 16 November 2026

Threatened species determination

NSW Threatened Species Scientific Committee 1 January 2027

Northern Territory

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Golden Emu Project MXP: application for a modified condition exploration licence

NT Department of Lands, Planning and Environment 2 November 2026

Postmaster’s Residence, Alice Springs – heritage significance and declaration

NT Heritage Council 25 November 2026

Queensland

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Review of the Nature Conservation (Macropod) Conservation Plan 2017

Queensland Government 20 November 2026

Reviewing the Georgina and Diamantina water plan

Queensland Government 16 December 2026

South Australia

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Data Centre Management Act

SA Department of the Premier and Cabinet 5 November 2026

Draft Kangaroo Island Parks Trails Strategy

SA Department for Environment and Water 13 November 2026

Northern Water project – Environmental Impact Statement

SA Department for Housing and Urban Development 11 December 2026

Parks of Western and Central Kangaroo Island Management Plan Draft Amendment 2026

SA Department for Environment and Water 31 December 2026

Tasmania

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Copper Mines of Tasmania, Mt Lyell Mine Queenstown, New Processing Plant

EPA Tasmania 10 November 2026

Victoria

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Water Price Review 2028: Greater Western Water request to defer

Essential Services Commission 23 November 2026

Western Australia

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Residential Design Codes Review

Western Australian Planning Commission 26 February 2027

Operational Policy 2.2 Residential Subdivision – Repeal

Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage 26 February 2027

New Zealand

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Proposed disposal of Conservation Area – Taupō Nursery

New Zealand Department of Conservation 13 November 2026

Application form for a science assessment of a carbon removal activity

New Zealand Open; no closing date stated