TRACE e-Gov Portal

Title	Description
Energy Rating	Find the most efficient product for you. The Energy Rating label enables consumers to compare the energy efficiency of domestic appliances. Choose energy efficient appliances and products in all sectors (residential, commercial and industrial).
Energy Rating	Android iOS BlackBerry Web app How much will it cost to power? – Find out fast before you buy your new appliance.
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GreenPower	By choosing GreenPower, households and businesses commit their GreenPower providers to purchasing the equivalent amount of electricity from accredited renewable energy generators.
National Wind Farm Commissioner	The Commissioner’s role is to receive and refer complaints from concerned community residents about wind farms, as well as promote best practices for industry and government to adopt in regard to the planning and operation of wind farms.
Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Scheme	Compare the water efficiency rating of new household products, including washing machines, dishwashers, toilets, urinals, taps and showers before you buy. The WELS Scheme assists people to purchase, and encourages industry to manufacture, more water efficient products.
Grants and funding – environment programs	Provides a list of environment grants and funding programs.
Green Army Programme	Enables Green Army service providers to capture project activity data in the field, using an iPad. Data can be uploaded into the Department's online reporting tool (MERIT).
National environmental science programme	Provides funding for biodiversity and climate science. The program provides for groups of research institutions to apply to form six research hubs.
AMSA Kids	Find out the effects of garbage and oil pollution on marine environments. Kids page also includes links to games and puzzles.
Chemicals management	Provides information on the involvement in chemicals risk assessment and policy to ensure that chemicals are managed safely to protect human health and the environment.
Environmental management	Although one of the harshest environments on the planet, Antarctica is also one of the most vulnerable, one which Australia and other parties to the Antarctic Treaty are committed to protecting.
Indigenous rangers – working on country	Indigenous Australians are key partners in managing Australia's environment. Their knowledge in managing Australia's land, sea and fresh water and in conserving biodiversity, is widely recognised and respected.
National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme	Protects the Australian people and the environment by assessing the risks of industrial chemicals and providing information to promote their safe use. Assessments of more than 1,000 chemicals are available free on this site.
National Landcare Programme	Across Australia, the National Landcare Programme supports sustainable land management practices and the protection, conservation and rehabilitation of Australia's natural environment.
Australia's biosphere reserves	Information on biosphere reserves including protected areas and surrounding lands that are managed to combine both conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.
Australian Alps National Parks	Provides information about the Kosciuszko, Alpine and Namadgi National Parks; activities, walking tracks, the nature and biodiversity and their culture and history.
Australian National Botanic Gardens	Maintains a scientific collection of native plants from all parts of Australia. The Gardens also cultivates plants threatened in the wild to protect them against extinction and provide information which might assist reintroduction to their natural habitat.
Biosecurity Bill 2014	New biosecurity legislation has been developed to enable better management of the risks of animal and plant pests and diseases entering Australia and potentially causing harm to people, the environment and the economy.
Commonwealth Marine Reserves Review	Independent review to consider what management arrangements would best protect our marine environment and accommodate the many activities that Australians love to enjoy in our oceans. It was completed in December 2015.
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC)	The Australian Government’s central piece of environmental legislation. It provides a legal framework to protect and manage nationally and internationally important flora, fauna, ecological communities and heritage places.
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority	Protects the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and the World Heritage Area. Find information about the Reef which attracts millions of visitors each year and offers many exciting and varied experiences,
Invasive Plants and Animals Committee	The committee is responsible for implementing the Intergovernmental Agreement on Biosecurity (IGAB) and providing policy and technical advice on national weed, vertebrate pest and freshwater invertebrate pest issues..
Kakadu National Park	Located 240 kilometres east of Darwin in Australia’s tropical north, the Park is Australia’s largest terrestrial national park. It is managed jointly by its Aboriginal traditional owners and the Department.
National parks	Provides information on Australia's Commonwealth national parks – Kakadu, Uluru – Kata Tjuta, Booderee, Norfolk Island, Christmas Island and Pulu Keeling – and Australia's network of Commonwealth marine reserves.
Sea dumping permits	Permits are required for all sea dumping operations including dumping off vessels, platforms or other man-made structures and for burials at sea. Australia has International obligations to prevent marine pollution by controlling dumping of wastes and other matter.
Species Profile and Threats Database	Provides information about species and ecological communities listed under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
Office of Northern Australia	Provides policy advice to the Government on sustainable development issues in, or affecting, northern Australia.

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