Submissions

2021

Submission on the Draft Report of the Independent Review of the Agvet Chemicals Regulatory System

Draft Report of the Independent Review of the Agvet Chemicals Regulatory System

2020

Cover Sheet for Submission: Consultation RIS – Phasing Out Certain Waste Exports

Submission to the CRIS on Australia’s waste export ban.

Waste management and recycling in Australia – 31 January 2020

2019

Federal Government policy discussion paper – Waste Export Ban policy

Review of chemical scheduling in relation to cosmetic and fragrance ingredientss

2018

PFAS INQUIRY 2018 – Inquiry into the management of PFAS contamination in and around Defence bases

Discussion Paper – Updating the 2009 National Waste Policy

National Toxics Network Submission to the Inquiry into the Management of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Contamination in and around Defence Bases

2017

Draft PFAS National Environment Management Plan

Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee Inquiry into the Industrial Chemicals Bill 2017 and related Bills

Legislation Council Portfolio Committee No.6 Inquiry into ‘energy from waste’ technology

Santos Narrabri Unconventional Gas Project

National Phase down of Mercury: Ratification of the Minamata Convention on Mercury

Submission No.2 on The Next Generation Energy from Waste Facility, Eastern Creek

Submission on the Glyphosate Regulatory Position Final Report

2016

Submission to Implementing Reforms to the National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme – Consultation Paper 4

Objection to Orica Australia’s Application to Export the POPs Waste, Hexachlorobenzene to Finland for Incineration

Joint NGO letter to the Minister for Environment Objecting to Orica Australia’s Application to Export Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) Wastes to Finland for Incineration

Submission on Implementing Reforms to the National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme  – Consultation Paper 3

Submission to the National Standard for Environmental Risk Management of Industrial Chemicals Discussion Paper

Submission on Implementing Reforms to the National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme  – Consultation Paper 2

2015

Submission on Implementing Reforms to the National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme  – Consultation Paper 1

Submission to the Senate Inquiry into The Threat of Marine Plastic Pollution in Australia

Submission to the NSW EPA EIS Exhibition Application Number: SSD 6236 The Next Generation Energy from Waste Facility Eastern Creek NSW

Submission to the Legislative Council’s Environment and Planning Committee’s Inquiry into Unconventional Gas in Victoria

Submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on the Environment (REO administration and transparency)

Submission to the Discussion Paper: ‘Working towards a National Clean Air Agreement”

Submission to the Inquiry into Unconventional Gas (Fracking) in South Australia

Tasmanian Public and Environmental health Network: Forico: Alpha-Cypermethrin Derogation Application to FSC- 2015

2014

Review of hydraulic fracturing in Tasmania

Comments on the Regulatory Considerations for Nanopesticides and Veterinary Nanomedicines: A Draft APVMA Report

Review of the National Industrial Chemicals and Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS) Regulation Impact Statement (Draft)

Discussion Paper: Proposal for revised NICNAS consultative arrangements

Objection to Orica Australia’s Application to Export the POPs Waste, Hexachlorobenzene to France for Incineration

Submission to Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee: The implications of the restriction on the use of Fenthion on Australia’s horticultural industry, Alliance for a Clean Environment (WA)

Draft Forestry Tasmania Management Plan 2014 – Initial Consultation on Draft Criteria and Objectives, Tasmanian Public & Environmental Health Network

2013

WA Parliamentary Standing Committee on Environment and Public Affairs
REPORT 33: Inquiry into the Implications for Western Australia of Hydraulic Fracturing for Unconventional Ga
s

Submission to the State Environmental Planning Policy (Mining, Petroleum Production and Extractive Industries) Amendment (Resource Significance) 2013

Options for Reforming the  National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme, Regulation Impact Statement

Public Consultation of FSC indicators and thresholds for the identification of ‘highly hazardous pesticides’

Inquiry into the impacts on health of air quality in Australia

2012

Alliance for a Clean Environment WA- EMRC Resource Recovery Facility Public Environmental Review

Nano Zinc Oxide

NTN/WWF Joint Submission No.2 To Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry on the Draft Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment Bill 2012

Discussion Paper: Review of the National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS)

NTN/WWF-Australia Joint Submission to Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry AgVet Chemicals on Exposure Draft of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment Bill 2011

Hazardous Waste: Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities

2011

Review of the National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme, Department of Health and Aging Department of Finance and Deregulation

NICNAS Community Engagement Forum: Is the regulation of industrial chemicals in Australia effective?

IPEN Submission to UN Conference on Sustainable Development Rio+20

NSW Legislative Council Select Committee Inquiry Kooragang Island Orica chemical leak

NSW Inquiry into Coal Seam Gas, Legislative Council, General Purpose Standing Committee No.5

PSIC Consultation Regulation Impact Statement: A National Scheme for Assessment, Registration and Control of Use of Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals

DAFF Better Regulation of Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals

2010

FSANZ Food Labeling Review

NICNAS Regulatory Consultation on Nanotechnology

PSIC DAFF A National Scheme for Assessment, Registration and Control of Use of Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals

NICNAS Priority Existing Chemical -DEHP

Review of Environmental Factors for Fluoridation Plants in Northern Rivers

2009

NICNAS Assessment of Triclosan

Human Rights Inquiry

National Enabling Technologies Strategy

2008

Response to the Australian Office of Nanotechnology Social Inclusion and Engagement Workshop

Proposed Amendments to Part 3 of the FSANZ Application Handbook regarding Nanoparticles in Food

NGO’s Objection to the Proposed Export of HCB to Europe for Incineration

Letter to Damien Hall in response to Orica’s comments

2007

‘Pollution, Risks, and Non-Compliance’ NTN analysis of the SWECO PIC Report on Gunns’ Pulp Mill

‘Gunning Down the Spin’: The Dirty Reality of Pulp Mill Pollution

Response to the Australian Vinyl Council on the dangers of PVC

APVMA Operating Principles and Proposed Registration Requirements in Relation to Spray Drift Risk

National Environment Protection (Assessment of Site Contamination) Measure 

Uranium Mining, Processing and Nuclear Energy Review

NSW Public Consultation Draft: Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies Regulation and Regulatory Impact Statement

Australia’s National Pollutant Inventory: Has it served community right to know ?

Objection to Geocycle application to receive scheduled wastes in Victoria

Review of the National Environment Protection (Ambient Air Quality) Measure

2006

Precinct Management Model and 3C Workshop Controlling and Managing Hazardous/Industrial Waste Treatment Precincts

2005

APVMA Reconsideration of Approvals of the Active Constituent Atrazine

Review of the National Environment Protection Council Act 1994