BCSD Australia

This week's highlights include: * 'Climate first but not only'. Treasury has released draft guidance on climate-related transition planning. * It's official. VicGrid has released its final transmission plan, providing clarity on where renewable energy zones and transmission lines will be located. * Repartnering. The bilateral climate

This week's highlights include: * Major environment Bill. A new NSW Bill expands the remit of environment policies, extends director liability provisions, and factors environmental justice principles into sentencing. * Fast-turnaround. An urgent NSW Bill to facilitate new grid infrastructure has passed Parliament after less than a day of debate.

This week's highlights include: * 'More ambitious'. The NSW EPA has unveiled new requirements for large emitters that it says are more ambitious than Safeguard requirements. * EPA trio. The EPAs of NSW, Victoria and South Australia have released principles on how their actions will have regard to

This week's highlights include: * Algal bloom inquiry. A Senate committee will examine the causes of South Australia's toxic algal bloom, and the adequacy of response measures. * First remarks. In her first parliamentary remarks as shadow environment minister, Liberal MP Angie Bell has quoted Ken Henry and

This week's highlights include: * Mining review. The NSW government will review mining and environmental legislation to ensure it doesn't impede productive post-mining land use. * Urgent reform. Ken Henry has called for urgent reform of the EPBC Act, in a speech to the National Press Club. * '

This week's highlights include: * ACCU 'hard limit'. A CEFC-backed report proposes capping the extent to which ACCUs can be used to offset liquid fuel-related emissions in key sectors. * It's not pollution. The Wheatstone LNG project's greenhouse gas emissions are not pollution, says