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	<pubDate>15 Apr 2009 15:13:00 +1000 (use this format, update date and time - use +1100 during Daylight savings time - and delete this note)</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[ New Chair for Threatened Species Scientific Committee ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20110809.html?utm_source=dept&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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	<description><![CDATA[ Internationally recognised conservation and environmental scientist Professor Helene Marsh has been appointed the chair of the Australian Government's Threatened Species Scientific Committee. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>09 Aug 2011 10:53:32 +1000</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[ Companies breach water efficiency and labelling laws ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20110808.html?utm_source=dept&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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	<description><![CDATA[ Three companies from the Australian Capital Territory, Queensland and Victoria have agreed to improve their business practices and provide awareness training to staff after failing to comply with national water efficiency labelling and standards legislation at their business premises.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>08 Aug 2011 17:40:07 +1000</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[ Witnesses sought for whale watching incident ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20110629.html?utm_source=dept&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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	<description><![CDATA[ Investigators from the Federal Department of Environment, Sustainability, Water, Populations and Communities are seeking witnesses to an alleged incident between a recreational craft and a whale on Monday 20 June 2011 in waters off Southport, Queensland. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>29 Jun 2011 10:54:00 +1000</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[ Bathurst man convicted of the possesion of illegal wildlife ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20110607.html?utm_source=dept&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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	<description><![CDATA[ A Bathurst resident has received a conviction and a $2500 fine after pleading guilty in the Downing Centre Local Court, Sydney to three charges of possessing illegally imported wildlife under national environment law. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>07 Jun 2011 11:10:00 +1000</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[ Operation CETUS to protect migrating whales ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20110523.html?utm_source=dept&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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	<description><![CDATA[ Coordinated through the Australasian Environmental Law Enforcement and Regulators Network Operation CETUS will involve the close monitoring of the activities of boat operators, overflying small aircraft and people in the water interacting with whales and the enforcement of whale approach limits. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>23 May 2011 17:40:00 +1000</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[ QGC to pay penalty for environmental breach ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20110415.html?utm_source=dept&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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	<description><![CDATA[ The Queensland Gas Company (QGC) has been issued three penalty infringement notices by the federal environment department for unapproved clearing of vegetation as part of the construction of a pipeline in far north Queensland.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>15 Apr 2011 13:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[ Endangered wallabies return home to the APY Lands ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20110329.html?utm_source=dept&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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	<description><![CDATA[ Five captive-bred black-flanked rock wallabies were today released to their native home on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in the remote north-west corner of South Australia.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>29 Mar 2011 14:59:00 +1100</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[ ARTC to repair environmental damage ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20110325.html?utm_source=dept&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
	<guid>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20110325.html</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[ The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) will have to repair environmental damage caused by unauthorised works at the Deep Lead Nature Conservation Reserve in Western Victoria.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>25 Mar 2011 14:17:00 +1100</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[ Singleton Council to repair environmental damage ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20110324.html?utm_source=dept&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
	<guid>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20110324.html</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[ Singleton Council will have to repair environmental damage caused by unauthorised land clearing at Jerrys Plains Cemetery in the Hunter Valley.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>24 Mar 2011 10:30:00 +1100</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[ Have your say on TV and computer recycling ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20110309.html?utm_source=dept&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
	<guid>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20110309.html</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[ You are invited to have your say on the development of new government regulations which will increase the nation’s recycling of TVs and computers.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>9 Mar 2011 11:50:00 +1100</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[ Company breaches water labelling laws ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20101223.html?utm_source=dept&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
	<guid>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20101223.html</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[ A Queensland company has agreed to improve its business practices and provide awareness training to staff after it failed to comply with requirements under the water efficiency labelling and standards scheme.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>23 Dec 2010 12:21:00 +1100</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[ Petroleum company fined for breaching environment law ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20101217.html?utm_source=dept&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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	<description><![CDATA[ An oil and gas exploration company has been fined just over $102 000 for breaching national environment law by starting to drill without federal environmental approval. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>17 Dec 2010 07:55:23 +1100</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[ Geelong council pledges improvements, repairs ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20101201a.html?utm_source=dept&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
	<guid>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20101201a.html</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[ Greater Geelong Council has committed $131,000 to improve environmental planning and rehabilitate rare grassland, after agreeing to an enforceable undertaking with the federal environment department. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>01 Dec 2010 15:12:00 +1100</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[ South Australian irrigators invited to information sessions about infrastructure program ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20101201.html?utm_source=dept&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
	<guid>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20101201.html</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[ Public information sessions will be held over the next week to discuss Round Two of the Private Irrigation Infrastructure Program for South Australia. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>01 Dec 2010 11:47:00 +1100</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[ Have your say on landmark product stewardship legislation ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20101111.html?utm_source=dept&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
	<guid>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20101111.html</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[ You are invited to have your say on landmark Commonwealth legislation which will provide a foundation for recycling schemes across the country. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>11 Nov 2010 15:01:00 +1100</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[ Wildlife crime crackdown nets results ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20101103a.html?utm_source=dept&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
	<guid>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20101103a.html</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[ More than 600 operational activities targeting illegal wildlife trade have been carried out across Australia as part of an international operation involving 51 countries.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>3 Nov 2010 12:01:00 +1000</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[ Australasian environmental compliance conference - 4-5 November 2010 ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20101103.html?utm_source=dept&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
	<guid>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20101103.html</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[ The seventh Australasian Environmental Law Enforcement and Regulators neTwork (AELERT) conference is on 4-5 November 2010, Canberra.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>3 Nov 2010 12:01:00 +1000</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[ Sydney man fined for keeping exotic snakes ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20100906.html?utm_source=dept&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
	<guid>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20100906.html</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[ The federal environment department has welcomed a court decision to impose a fine on a Western Sydney man for keeping exotic snakes.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>6 Sep 2010 15:01:00 +1000</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[ New National Portrait Gallery Director appointed ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20100826.html?utm_source=dept&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
	<guid>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20100826.html</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[ Today the Chair of the National Portrait Gallery Board, Mr Tim Fairfax AM announced the appointment of Ms Louise Doyle as the new Director of the National Portrait Gallery. Ms Doyle, who succeeds Mr Andrew Sayers AM as Director, has a background in arts administration and extensive experience in regional galleries, and metropolitan and national museums.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>26 Aug 2010 09:41:00 +1000</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[ Avoid the illegal souvenir trap - in six languages ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20100825.html?utm_source=dept&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
	<guid>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20100825.html</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[ Souvenir sellers and travellers in Pacific nations can now find out more about the strict international laws regulating how wildlife products can be taken in and out of countries - in their own language.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>25 Aug 2010 13:18:00 +1000</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[ South Australian wetlands to receive environmental water ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20100520.html?utm_source=dept&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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	<description><![CDATA[ The Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder, Mr Ian Robinson, has announced that wetlands at Molo Flat and Overland Corner in South Australia will receive Commonwealth environmental water over the next two months.  ]]></description>
	<pubDate>20 May 2010 14:07:00 +1000</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[ Asian heritage pieces seized in Perth ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20100511.html?utm_source=dept&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
	<guid>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20100511.html</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[ More than 140 ceramic objects believed to be between 400 and 1000 years old have been seized from a Perth home. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>11 May 2010 15:13:00 +1000</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[ Water purchase tender in Lower Balonne catchment extended to 21 May 2010  ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20100430.html?utm_source=dept&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
	<guid>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20100430.html</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[ The $100 million water purchase tender in Queensland's Lower Balonne region has been extended by three weeks until 5pm on Friday 21 May 2010. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>30 Apr 2010 12:33:00 +1000</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[ Council pays to help conserve protected grasslands  ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20100414.html?utm_source=dept&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
	<guid>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20100414.html</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[ In a decision that will benefit the protected natural temperate grasslands of the Victorian Volcanic Plain, Pyrenees Shire Council in Victoria will pay $155,000 towards the future conservation of this ecological community. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>14 Apr 2010 10:33:00 +1000</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[ Public comment invited on Bulli Mine expansion  ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20100409.html?utm_source=dept&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
	<guid>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20100409.html</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[ The federal environment department is inviting people to comment on BHP Billiton's proposed expansion of longwall mining of the Bulli coal seam at Appin, NSW. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>09 Apr 2010 12:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[ Call for public submissions into WELS review  ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20100408.html?utm_source=dept&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
	<guid>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20100408.html</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[ The Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards scheme is undergoing a mandatory review to assess the scheme’s appropriateness, effectiveness and efficiency. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>08 Apr 2010 12:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[ World Water Day - environmental water flows  ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20100322.html?utm_source=dept&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
	<guid>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/media/dept-mr/dept-mr20100322.html</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[ The Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder, Mr Ian Robinson, has announced on World Water Day that several additional wetlands across the Murray-Darling Basin would benefit from the allocation of environmental water. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>22 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
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