Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA)

Good news for Victorians, great news for the environment! You’ll notice some new names on our environmental auditor register who will be available to work soon. We will appoint 10 new environmental auditors (contaminated land) over the next few months. They are: Christopher Sandiford Dana Windle Effie Nikolis Katherine Potter Lyndon Bell Meredith Burgon Nicholas Woodford Rebecca Fraser Richard Griffins Timothy Vass The appointments will be staggered. Successful candidates will be available for auditing work once they are published on our Appointments Register: https://bit.ly/4fjQ5zq

Our Head of Permissioning Angela Grozos presented at #WasteExpoAu about the permissioning framework, planning, EPA assessments, community engagement and risk management.

That's a wrap on #WasteExpoAu for 2024. Great insights from regulators and peers. #SoProud of all our speakers!

Key topics for us at #WasteExpoAu this year are asbestos, bio energy, battery waste, organics contamination, land renewal, permissioning…

Celebrating our own Jess Unsworth, this Australasian Women in Emergency Day. Congratulations to Jess, Senior Incident Response Officer, who recently received the National Emergency Medal for her work during the 2019-20 fires. Her invaluable contributions as a member of our Incident Coordination team keep Victoria safe. Here's to extraordinary women in emergency! 🎖️👏 #WomenInEmergency #Leadership

Here’s your chance to tell us what you think about organics processing. Head to Engage Victoria and make a submission: https://bit.ly/3TWgoU6 You can also attend our online information session on Tuesday, 15 October from 1pm to 2pm . Register: https://bit.ly/3TXgH0N

*Psst* It can be hard to understand sometimes. That's why we are here. 🤫 Feel confident by asking yourself these 2 questions before starting a task at home or work: ❔ what's the harm? ❔ what can I do about it? So what's the harm? Find out in our comments 🔽

“It’s safe unless there’s a fire.” What’s the harm? The general environmental duty applies now, not just when something goes wrong. #environmentalduty Learn more: https://bit.ly/3Kil1m6

A lack of bisexuality awareness can negatively impact bi+ people ❌. Bisexuality Awareness Week (16-23 September) is about: 🤔 recognising these negatives 🌍 making change 👐 upholding the human rights of bi+ people 🎉 celebrating bi+ people and their resilience, diversity and histories. Learn more about bisexuality and bisexual awareness at: https://lnkd.in/gzJVXQFd 💗💜💙

Here are the 5 ways we can help you protect your community from pollution and waste.