A Senate inquiry into stormwater management urges the Federal Government to develop a national framework with new funding to boost research and encourage private sector co-investment.
The Senate has launched an inquiry into unconventional gas extraction, coinciding with a WA inquiry finding the state's safeguards largely sufficient but calling for higher penalties.
The Senate today amended and passed legislation that overhauls the nation's regime for keeping pests and diseases out of Australia, as well as a bill to abolish the National Water Commission.
New rules mean that companies, state governments and councils can earn carbon credits by installing anaerobic digesters to treat biosolids removed from effluent.