Coastal and marine pollution
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Coastal and marine pollution in Victoria: Australia prides itself on its coastal and marine environment. Many people regard beaches in particular as an integral part of their identity as an Australian.
Marine and coastal pollution comes from a variety of legal and illegal sources including ships, ocean outfalls, and litter dropped in cities.
Image: Ocean pollution from one of Melbourne's wastewater outfalls, Gunnamatta Beach, Victoria 2001. Image courtesy Clean Ocean Foundation Inc. |
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General information on ocean pollution and law
Areas of environmental law and policy which may be relevant to this area:
Commonwealth environmental impact assessment
protection_of_victorian_species
Relevant legislation
This is a list of summaries of and links to legislation which may be relevant:
Other sources of information - external links
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