Australian governments have been working collaboratively for some time to identify and treat existing PFAS contamination in the environment. All agree that more effort should be focused on preventing further PFAS releases into the environment.
The outline to the work done as well as an explanation of the consultation process can be found here
Work to establish the National Standard is underway. In the interim, Australian governments have developed the National PFAS Position Statement to start a national conversation about non-regulatory ways to reduce PFAS releases.
Statement can be viewed here
