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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...

While Queensland's greenhouse gas emissions have decreased by 18% between 2005 and 2014, the state was the largest source of emissions in 2014 of all Australian jurisdictions.

The number of flora species listed as threatened (‘vulnerable’, ‘endangered’ or ‘extinct in the wild’) in Queensland increased by 275 between 2007 and 2015.

The number of fauna species listed as threatened (vulnerable, endangered or extinct in the wild) in Queensland increased by 61 between 2007 and 2015.

Emissions from the stationary energy sector decreased by 1% between 2005 and 2014 but it continues to be the highest source of Queensland's emissions at 44% of total emissions.

A transition occurred, from a La Niña in early 2012 to a strong El Niño during the second half of 2015.

Sea surface temperatures across northern Australia are now almost 1C warmer, on average, than 100 years ago.

A trend of mean sea level rise to the present time is discernible in the historical tide gauge record in Queensland however seasonal trends dominated changes in the 2012-2015...

The Riversleigh section of the Australian Fossil Mammal Sites meets two World Heritage natural criteria

Since 2010, Open House events have been staged in four Queensland cities: beginning with Brisbane and expanding to Maryborough, Toowoomba and, in 2015, the Gold Coast.

No State Heritage Places were destroyed between 2012 and 2015; however five places destroyed prior to 2012 have been removed from the Queensland Heritage Register.

Since 2012, 66 Queensland Heritage Places have been entered in the Queensland Heritage Register.

Sediment, nutrients and chemicals, and the loss of riparian forests are the major catchment pressures that broadly impact Queensland's freshwater rivers but vary in their...

Adjusting for population levels, the amounts of waste landfilled per capita in all regions were roughly comparable.

Particle concentrations have exceeded National Environmental Protection Measures (NEPM) Air Quality Standards since monitoring began in 1986.

While ozone levels in Townsville and Gladstone have never exceeded air quality standards, South East Queensland experienced exceedences in 2005, 2011 and 2015.

The total number of registered motor vehicles shows continued and sustained growth over time.

Since 1993, there have been no exceedences of the National Environmental Protection Measures (NEPM) Air Quality Standards and no clear trends over the past decade.

About 17%—or 1.8 million hectares—of Queensland’s total marine wetlands are in highly protected marine park zones or a declared fish habitat area.

Thirty-four major threats have been identified that impact on Queensland threatened flora.