Welcome to the Commissioner for the Environment.
The Commissioner is an independent statutory position established in 1993 as one of the first independent Commissioners for the Environment in the world and the first in Australia.
Our vision, Living Sustainability, captures our commitment to assist the community and government to undertake actions in advancing sustainability and environmental security through advocacy, independent scrutiny, reporting and advice.
"The future is not somewhere we are going it is something we are creating".....Professor Ian Lowe
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Recent Reports Released by the Office.
Media Release: No easy answer to water quality problems in Lake Burley Griffin (pdf, 457KB)
Report: Investigation into the state of the water courses and catchments for Lake Burley Griffin
ACT State of the Environment Report 2011
Download PDF versions of the report:
- ACT SOE Report 2011 Vol1 (pdf, 15MB)
- ACT SOE Report 2011 Vol2 (pdf, 13.9MB)
- ACT SOE Report 2011 Vol3 (pdf, 11MB)
Audit-Assessessment of Environmental Performance Reporting Oct 2010 - Full Report (pdf, 1.3MB) and
Audit-Assessessment of Environmental Performance Reporting Oct 2010 - Executive Summary and Recommendations (pdf, 303KB)
Media Release: Nature Reserves Investigation Report (pdf, 146KB)
Annual Report 2010 - 11 (pdf, 2MB)
Media Release: Young Canberran to attend major international Climate Change Conference in South Africa (pdf, 266kb).
Media Release: Buying Choices for a More Sustainable Canberra (pdf, 424Kb).
Buying Choices for a More Sustainable Canberra by Sarah Ryan (pdf, 1.6Mb).
Media Release: Canberrans are Complacent - SOE Report 2011 - 19/04/2012
Media Release: Canberrans are Complacent - SOE Report 2011
Media Release: Young Canberran to attend major international Climate Change Conference in South Africa - 10/04/2012
Media Release: Young Canberran to attend major international Climate Change Conference in South Africa
Media Release: Buying Choices for a More Sustainable Canberra - 10/04/2012
Media Release: Buying Choices for a More Sustainable Canberra
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