These Topics are for the Ambient air quality section of the Atmosphere theme.

Topics for Climate

Ambient air quality

Management framework

Each level of government—Australian, state and territory, and local—plays a role in managing the impacts of air pollution by preventing or minimising air pollutant emissions.
2016
Relates to
Ambient air quality
Effectiveness of management
Greater Sydney
Ambient air quality

Management of sources of pollution

Environmental agencies in the states and territories are responsible for controlling pollutant emissions from large industrial point sources, such as power stations, refineries, smelters, manufacturing plants, cement works and abattoirs.
2016
Relates to
Ambient air quality
Effectiveness of management
South East CoastSouth Australian GulfEast CoastGreater SydneyGulf of Carpentaria
Keywood MD, Emmerson KM, Hibberd MF (2016). Ambient air quality: Topics. In: Australia state of the environment 2016, Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy, Canberra, https://soe.environment.gov.au/theme/ambient-air-quality/topics?framework=116, DOI 10.4226/94/58b65c70bc372