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SoE2017: Transport sector greenhouse gas emissions
Emissions from the transport sector increased 26% between 2005 and 2016. Road transport, including passenger cars, was the main source of emissions at 10.1 MtCO₂e in 2016. -
SoE2017: Trackable waste landfilled
Solid and sludge wastes requiring special handling, categorised as high-level waste, made up 58% of trackable waste disposed to landfill in Queensland in 2015–2016. -
SoE2017: Threatened fauna species numbers
The number of fauna species listed as threatened (’vulnerable’, ‘endangered’ or ‘extinct in the wild’) in Queensland increased by 79 between 2007 and 2017. -
SoE2015: Waste sector greenhouse gas emissions
Emissions from the waste sector increased 15% between 2005 and 2014, however waste emissions have fallen since 2011 due to increased capture and combustion of landfill gas. -
SoE2015: Trackable waste landfilled
In 2014-2015, 63% of trackable waste (by waste amount) disposed to landfill in Queensland was in the high level waste category of 'solid and sludge wastes requiring special... -
SoE2015: Industrial processes sector greenhouse gas emissions
Emissions from the industrial processes sector increased 11% between 2005 and 2014 due largely to increased use of replacements for ozone-depleting substances. -
SoE2015: Number of litter items for different site types
The average number of litter items is higher in Queensland than Australia across all site types particularly shopping centres, retail areas and highways. -
SoE2017: Percentage of the network with reliable travel times
The Queensland public transport sector is performing better than the target benchmarks, particularly in South East Queensland -
SoE2017: Historic shipwrecks, aircraft wrecks and relics
Since 2012, 990 existing Queensland shipwreck entries were updated and 39 new Queensland shipwrecks entries, 52 new aircraft entries and 12 new relic entries were added to the... -
SoE2017: Visibility-reducing particles
While the past decade has seen a downward trend in the number of days with reduced visibility throughout Queensland, significantly more days were affected in 2009 and 2011, and... -
SoE2017: Threatened flora species numbers
The number of flora species listed as threatened (‘vulnerable’, ‘endangered’ or ‘extinct in the wild’) in Queensland increased by 275 between 2007 and 2017. -
SoE2015: Trackable waste recovered
In 2014-2015, 52% of the trackable waste (by waste amount) recovered (which includes recycling, reclamation, direct re-use or alternative use of the waste) in Queensland was in... -
SoE2015: Threatened flora species numbers
The number of flora species listed as threatened (‘vulnerable’, ‘endangered’ or ‘extinct in the wild’) in Queensland increased by 275 between 2007 and 2015. -
SoE2015: Threatened fauna species numbers
The number of fauna species listed as threatened (vulnerable, endangered or extinct in the wild) in Queensland increased by 61 between 2007 and 2015. -
SoE2020: Underwater cultural heritage (historic ship and aircraft wrecks and...
Since 2018, 14 existing Queensland shipwreck entries were updated and 4 new Queensland shipwrecks entries, 3 new aircraft entries and 2 new artefact entries were added to the... -
SoE2020: Key fish stocks
The majority of Queensland’s key fish stocks are considered sustainable. -
SoE2020: Increase in heavy vehicles
Almost 10 times the number of light commercial vehicles were on-road in Queensland compared with heavy freight vehicles as at 30 June 2019. The number of registered... -
SoE2020: Nitrogen dioxide concentrations
Levels of nitrogen dioxide across Queensland are consistently well below the National Environment Protection (Ambient Air Quality) Measure annual and 1-hour average standards of... -
SoE2020: Lead concentrations
Routine monitoring of lead in air is no longer undertaken in South East Queensland due to the low ambient concentrations following removal of lead in petrol. Lead monitoring... -
SoE2015: Household waste landfilled
The amount of domestic kerbside waste sent to landfill decreased from about 1.28 million tonnes in 2012-2013 to about 1.21 million tonnes in 2014-2015.