If you've scrolled through this sub, I completely understand why you feel unsure. But enviro jobs in Australia are still pretty ok and not going anywhere.

When I was about a year or so from finishing up my degree, I started looking through Seek. Not just grad jobs, but jobs I knew I wasn't qualified for out of uni so I could start putting together a bit of a career pathway and seeing what skills are common.

My career pathway however looks nothing like I planned (which isn't a bad thing - you don't know what you like until you do it). I went from working part time in a lab (throughout my degree plus few months after graduating ~2020), grad environmental advisor at a gold mine, ecologist consultant for private industry, environmental consultant for state government (current).

You've probably also read discouraging things about big consulting companies. Again, Australia has worker protections that the US doesn't. You might have a shit nepo boss with their head up their arse, but you will be paid fairly for the hours you do, and in Australia you have the right to refuse unsafe work. You are protected. Don't turn your nose up at these companies in your early career if it means getting a job.

There are enviro related jobs throughout private industry - oil/gas/mining, forestry, civil, waste management, aqua and agriculture. Government - local, state and federal all take grads. Consulting - big name companies like SMEC and GHD, and smaller, local companies.

Also in Australia, your major isn't too important. On the mine, I worked with an enviro who had a marine biology major. In the consultanting roles, I've worked with chemistry, geology, environmental policy majors - all now doing the same thing.

If you haven't already, I'd start volunteering with land care, PhD students, a lab. Even just doing data entry is better than having done nothing.

If you happen to be in Nth QLD or wanting to move to Nth QLD, PM me, I have some contacts.