BCSD Australia

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

This week's highlights include: * Carbon credits bulk-buy. In a first, the ACCC plans to authorise an ACCUs bulk-buy, and it could benefit Victorian environmental plantings projects. * 'No meaningful response'. Queensland's environment department has issued a PFAS-related enforcement order to Liquid Terminals Australia. * Marine heatwave

This week's highlights include: * EPA steps up. NSW's EPA will soon release draft time-bound emissions reduction expectations for the coal sector, while the state government is drafting adaptation regulations. * Another attempt. After its first attempt was deemed unacceptable, the Port of Hastings has submitted a new

This week's highlights include: * 24-year wait to fill coal mine. An EnergyAustralia Yallourn coal mine rehabilitation plan says it will take over two decades to fill the pit with water. * Climate disclosures scrutiny. Victoria's Auditor-General has a two-stage plan to examine climate disclosures by state agencies.