{"id":2142,"date":"2020-02-08T20:57:56","date_gmt":"2020-02-08T09:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/?page_id=2142"},"modified":"2025-07-02T10:10:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:10:53","slug":"summary-indicators","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/summary-indicators\/","title":{"rendered":"Summary Indicators"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2142\" class=\"elementor elementor-2142\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d3eadab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d3eadab\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b1b5d55\" data-id=\"b1b5d55\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48a0ec9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"48a0ec9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Aus-Env-Icons_300px_Colour_Summary-Indicators.png?fit=140%2C100&#038;ssl=1\" title=\"Aus-Env-Icons_300px_Colour_Summary-Indicators\" alt=\"Aus-Env-Icons_300px_Colour_Summary-Indicators\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-094bc86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"094bc86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<hr \/><h4>\u00a0<\/h4><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Watch the 2024 report in-brief video<\/h3><p><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1140\" height=\"642\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7F5DUCdXFYE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2de6f258 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2de6f258\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b34095e\" data-id=\"3b34095e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23563596 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23563596\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p1\">Australia\u2019s environmental condition remained strong for the fourth consecutive year,<br \/>with a National Environmental Condition Score of 7.7 out of 10, slightly higher than the previous year. Most states improved, except South Australia, Victoria, and Tasmania.<\/h3><h6 class=\"p1\">The National Environmental Condition Score (ECS) rose by 0.6 points out of ten to reach 7.7 points, completing the first sequence of four above-average years since records started in 2000. ECS scores increased from 2023 in most states and territories, except South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania. The greatest declines were in South Australia, from 6.7 to 3.8, and in Victoria, from 8.8 to 6.1. The greatest increase was in NSW, from 5.8 to 7.0. Conditions in WA improved from just below average to just above average.<\/h6><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3582 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Environmental-Condition-Score-map.png?resize=1024%2C738&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"738\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Environmental-Condition-Score-map.png?w=2953&amp;ssl=1 2953w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Environmental-Condition-Score-map.png?resize=300%2C216&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Environmental-Condition-Score-map.png?resize=1024%2C738&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Environmental-Condition-Score-map.png?resize=768%2C553&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Environmental-Condition-Score-map.png?resize=1536%2C1106&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Environmental-Condition-Score-map.png?resize=2048%2C1475&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Environmental-Condition-Score-map.png?resize=500%2C360&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Environmental-Condition-Score-map.png?resize=800%2C576&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Environmental-Condition-Score-map.png?resize=1280%2C922&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Environmental-Condition-Score-map.png?resize=1920%2C1383&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Environmental-Condition-Score-map.png?resize=161%2C116&amp;ssl=1 161w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Environmental-Condition-Score-map.png?w=2280&amp;ssl=1 2280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p><h6>The Environmental Condition Score is a score between 0 and 10 expressing condition relative to previous years. It is calculated as the average rankings of component scores (from top to bottom in the bar graph): inundation, streamflow (blue), vegetation growth, leaf area, soil protection, tree cover (green) and the number of hot days (orange).<i><\/i><\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3509b88 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3509b88\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7bc8925\" data-id=\"7bc8925\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6c0efc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f6c0efc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"553\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Summary-Indicators.png?fit=768%2C553&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-3584\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Summary-Indicators.png?w=2953&amp;ssl=1 2953w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Summary-Indicators.png?resize=300%2C216&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Summary-Indicators.png?resize=1024%2C738&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Summary-Indicators.png?resize=768%2C553&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Summary-Indicators.png?resize=1536%2C1106&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Summary-Indicators.png?resize=2048%2C1475&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Summary-Indicators.png?resize=500%2C360&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Summary-Indicators.png?resize=800%2C576&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Summary-Indicators.png?resize=1280%2C922&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Summary-Indicators.png?resize=1920%2C1383&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Summary-Indicators.png?resize=161%2C116&amp;ssl=1 161w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Summary-Indicators.png?w=2280&amp;ssl=1 2280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">National ECS and its components for 2000\u20132024<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fd00084\" data-id=\"fd00084\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56b201c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"56b201c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"553\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Environmental-Condition-Score-cards.png?fit=768%2C553&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-3583\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Environmental-Condition-Score-cards.png?w=2953&amp;ssl=1 2953w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Environmental-Condition-Score-cards.png?resize=300%2C216&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Environmental-Condition-Score-cards.png?resize=1024%2C738&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Environmental-Condition-Score-cards.png?resize=768%2C553&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Environmental-Condition-Score-cards.png?resize=1536%2C1106&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Environmental-Condition-Score-cards.png?resize=2048%2C1475&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Environmental-Condition-Score-cards.png?resize=500%2C360&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Environmental-Condition-Score-cards.png?resize=800%2C576&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Environmental-Condition-Score-cards.png?resize=1280%2C922&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Environmental-Condition-Score-cards.png?resize=1920%2C1383&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Environmental-Condition-Score-cards.png?resize=161%2C116&amp;ssl=1 161w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ALL__Graphs_Aus-Env_2024_Environmental-Condition-Score-cards.png?w=2280&amp;ssl=1 2280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Numbers represent the relative change from 2000-2022 average conditions. Such a change can be part of a long-term trend or be within normal variability.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7b14a57 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7b14a57\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ce1f5ee\" data-id=\"ce1f5ee\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bf0c8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8bf0c8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2024_AusEnv\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"99\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/download-button-2024.png?fit=300%2C99&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-3664\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/download-button-2024.png?w=3343&amp;ssl=1 3343w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/download-button-2024.png?resize=300%2C99&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/download-button-2024.png?resize=1024%2C336&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/download-button-2024.png?resize=768%2C252&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/download-button-2024.png?resize=1536%2C504&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/download-button-2024.png?resize=2048%2C673&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/download-button-2024.png?resize=500%2C164&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/download-button-2024.png?resize=800%2C263&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/download-button-2024.png?resize=1280%2C420&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/download-button-2024.png?resize=1920%2C631&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/download-button-2024.png?resize=228%2C75&amp;ssl=1 228w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/download-button-2024.png?w=2280&amp;ssl=1 2280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b2bc793\" data-id=\"b2bc793\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03ad09d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"03ad09d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ausenv.tern.org.au\/aer.html#topics\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"95\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/topic-button2021.png?fit=300%2C95&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2955\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/topic-button2021.png?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/topic-button2021.png?resize=300%2C95&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wenfo.org\/aer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/topic-button2021.png?resize=228%2C72&amp;ssl=1 228w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Watch the 2024 report in-brief video Australia\u2019s environmental condition remained strong for the fourth consecutive year,with a National Environmental Condition Score of 7.7 out of 10, slightly higher than the previous year. Most states improved, except South Australia, Victoria, and Tasmania. 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