3, 4 & 5 September 2024 3 x 1.1 hour Webinar Sessions

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGERS:

Keep up to date with your environmental compliance obligations

This recorded three session webinar provides a cost-effective and efficient way of learning the latest environmental law
developments. It is also designed to ensuring legal risk registers within your Environmental Management System (EMS) are
brought up to date. You will learn about key changes and emerging developments in state and federal environmental legislation
relevant to environmental aspects and risks of your business operations.

Purpose:
Businesses and organisations need keep up to date with new environmental legislation to avoid costly surprises. Also those
operating an ISO 14001 EMS must establish, implement and maintain procedures to identify and access legal requirements
applicable to their environmental aspects and risks. The Environmental Legislative Update webinar helps your businesses
achieve this.

Who Should Benefit?: Environmental managers and professionals responsible for national compliance will find this course
useful to cover your national obligations.  The webinar is scheduled to be viewed live over lunch, so you can eat and learn.
Also useful for ensuring your ISO 14001 legal registers are up to date and meet auditor’s requirements.

Webinar Content:

Session 1: NSW Environmental Law Updates                Facilitator: ASBG CEO, Andrew Doig

• NSW's Stronger Regulations Penalties changes
• Uptake of Environmentally Hazardous Chemicals Act into the POEO Act
• Waste Levy Review
• 90% Resource Recovery rate for brand owners by 2026
• Chief Scientist’s Asbestos Management Review
• Asbestos in mulch and tracking of asbestos waste
• Climate Change (Net Zero Future) Act 2023
• Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Plans & development and issues
• Integrated Waste Tracking Solution
• NSW Clean Air Regulations 2022
• Integrated Waste Tracking Solution
NSW Clean Air Regulations 2022

1: Victorian Environmental Laws Update:

• High Court Removed Victoria’s Electric Vehicle Travel Tax
• Roll out of Recycling Victoria
• Climate Change and Energy Legislation Amendment (Renewable Energy and Storage Targets) Bill 2023
• Victoria's Container deposit scheme started November 2023
• Determination of Use for waste reuse & recycling
• Waste framework including management of hazardous waste
• Determination of Use for waste reuse & recycling

2: Queensland Environmental Laws Update:

• The Waste Reduction and Recycling and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2023
• Wine bottles included in QLD CDS
• Public consultation - Draft Landfill siting, design, operation and closure guideline update
• $2.1b waste and resource recovery package - Plastic recycling support
• Updated Energy from Waste Policy
• Waste Management and Resource Recovery Strategy
• Guideline – Prevention of fires in waste stockpiles
• Regulated wastes –classification and tracking

 2: South Australian Environmental Laws Update:

• PFAS--Groundwater Prohibition Areas established
• Waste Levy collection policy
• Environment Protection (Waste Reform) Amendments

 3: Other States and Territories

• E-waste to landfill ban in Western Australian: Consultation Paper
• Draft Tasmanian Waste and Resource Recovery Strategy 2022-2022
• Tasmanian Regulations Scheme Refund Container Draft

3: National,  Federal Laws:  

• Carbon Accounting laws now in place affecting most companies
• Australian & New Zealand Guidelines for Fresh and Marine Water Quality
• Meeting of Environment Ministers - 9 June
• IChEMS: expanding list of chemicals
• Australasian Senate’s Waste Reduction and Recycling Policies Inquiry
• Enabling supply of renewable diesel in Australia
• Australia’s Guarantee of Origin scheme
• Waste Levies increase across most of Australia

Live Webinar - Note this webinar will be also recorded for viewing anytime after the event for registered delegates.

The main benefit of viewing it live is to ask questions, receive answers. All sessions are recorded for webinar viewing later.

Time:    Live each day from 10:55 am start until 12 noon
Venue:  At your computer desktop - requires 5 Mbs download rate - best to use Chrome internet browser
Price:    ASBG/ALGA Members $120         Non-Members $145

Register and pay by Credit Card or Register and be invoiced