BCSD Australia

Highlights include: * Biomethane opportunity. Biomethane could substitute for up to half of Victoria's existing industrial fossil gas use, says the state government. * Environmental assessment overhaul. WA will make sure state assessments of Safeguard-covered facilities avoid "unnecessary duplication". * New CRCs. A new Cooperative Research Centre on net-zero

Highlights include: * Off-track on waste. Waste targets won't be met, and that has ramifications for how we predict landfill methane emissions, says a report to DCCEEW. * Nature market good to go. Australia will have a legislatively-backed market for trading biodiversity certificates, but they can't be used

Highlights include: * Four climate bills. Two climate bills are before the WA Parliament, Victoria has introduced one, and a key Bill has passed in NSW. * Bipartisan. A new House of Representatives report shows bipartisan support for rapidly introducing production incentives to support the net-zero transition. * Modern slavery. The federal government

Highlights include: * Carbon and nature. Levying all carbon credit projects to fund the restoration of high conservation value habitat would have major benefits, says a new EY report. * Duty of care. Independent Senator David Pocock's Intergenerational Climate Equity Bill is in line with emerging international legal trends, but

Highlights include: * For rent. South Australia will charge rent if other countries export CO2 to the state for sequestration, under a new law. * Asbestos audit. Victoria's efforts to stamp out illegal asbestos disposal are off-track, according to the state's Auditor-General. * More gas scrutiny. More types of

Highlights include: * The whole package. New Australian packaging laws will cover design and recycled content, and will ban the use in packaging of PFAS and other harmful chemicals. * $3.2 billion. Chevron has released new details about the cost and performance of its Gorgon carbon capture and storage project. * Natural