Draft Management Plans for Commonwealth Marine Reserves open for comment until 14 February 2013

The draft management plans have been prepared under the EPBC Act and cover the South-west, North-west, North and Temperate East Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network and the Coral Sea Commonwealth Marine Reserve.

The plans and further information is available here.

Draft Management Plans for Commonwealth Marine Reserves open for comment until 14 February 2013
The draft management plans have been prepared under the EPBC Act and cover the South-west, North-west, North and Temperate East Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network and the Coral Sea Commonwealth Marine Reserve. The plans and further information is available here.

Water sector reform – 30 year water sector strategy – submissions close Friday 29 March 2013.
The Department of Energy and Water Supply has released a discussion paper to help shape their water strategy. The discussion paper focuses on water and sewerage service providers and sets out a vision for efficient services, light regulation, use of smart technology and proactive planning. More information is available here.

30 year electricity – submissions close Friday 25 January 2013.
The discussion paper sets out short term objectives of cost-effectiveness and similar medium to long term goals that also provide for the optimization of private sector participation, minimal government intervention in the market and environmental responsibility to mitigate adverse effects from the electricity supply sector. They present a series of questions and scenarios that they are asking for input on. More information is available here.