On 20 January 2026, the Prime Minister authorised a Machinery of Government change to transfer full administration of the Indigenous Protected Areas (IPA) program to DCCEEW. As of 1 April 2026, DCCEEW ...

In June 2024, Environment Ministers agreed to the National Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures (OECM) Framework. This framework enables the recognition of land-based OECMs in Australia, ...

The Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder (CEWH) has reached a significant milestone, delivering 20,000 gigalitres of ...

The Recycling Modernisation Fund (RMF) supports nationally significant infrastructure that is expanding Australia’s capacity to sort, process and remanufacture: glass plastic tyres paper cardboard.

The new laws allow the Environment Minister to make National Environmental Standards. The standards: help protect and restore the environment make environmental approval processes clearer and easier ...

The implementation of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) allows the Australian Government to assess the environmental performance of fisheries and promote ...

H5 avian influenza (bird flu) has been detected in Australia. Find out more at the Bird flu (Avian influenza) website.

The National Environmental Protection Agency was established on 1 July 2026. Relevant content will move to the new National EPA website. The Environment Protection Reform Bills passed Parliament on ...

education, compliance, and enforcement issuing permits and licences assessing projects and setting approval conditions (under delegation from the Environment Minister). You can find out more by ...

We are committed to improving packaging sustainability and the co-regulatory arrangement to reduce the environmental impacts of packaging. Australia’s national co-regulatory framework for packaging ...

The Australian Government will invest up to $2.25 billion through the flagship Hydrogen Headstart program. Headstart will provide revenue support for large-scale renewable hydrogen projects, through ...

The National Vegetation Information System (NVIS) provides information on where different vegetation types occur in Australia. NVIS provides data for extant and estimated pre-1750 native vegetation.