BCSD Australia

This week's highlights include: * Waste target miss. Victoria won't meet its 2030 waste diversion target without new waste to energy infrastructure, suggests a new audit report. * ACCU developments. DCCEEW has provided an update on a proposed innovative new ACCU method. * Electrification. Greater participation in aggregator programs

This week's highlights include: * NT axes 2030 target. The NT government has ditched the former Territory government's renewables target. * Greens' climate litigation Bill. A Bill proposed by the Greens in the last week of Parliament would have allowed those affected by cyclones and floods, as

This week's highlights include: * Stewardship law. A landmark NSW Bill proposes penalties of up to $880,000 for breaching mandatory product stewardship requirements. * Approvals bypass law. The NT Assembly has passed a Bill that allows projects to be approved, even if they don't comply with other

This week's highlights include: * Queensland backflip. Two months after the Qld government suspended the assessment of a huge wind project, it has ordered that a planning decision be expedited. * 'Southern Cross' climate COP. In an open letter, the president of this year's climate COP

This week's highlights include: * PFAS. The latest edition of a national PFAS management plan includes new advice on investigation, remediation, and resource re-use. * Renewables priorities. DCCEEW has released a nationally-agreed list of 56 priority transmission, generation and storage projects.  * Circularity. The Productivity Commission has issued its interim report

This week's highlights include: * Nature market open for business. Minister Tanya Plibersek has gazetted instruments that make the nature repair market officially operational. * Don't hold back, says ACCC. The ACCC says businesses shouldn't hesitate to tell customers about their legitimate environmental achievements. * Waste to