BCSD Australia

This week's highlights include: * Transmission projects advance. A key NSW transmission project has received planning approval, and another has made an EPBC referral. * Two new climate appointments. The Climate Change Authority has a new Chair and another new board member. * New ministerial council. Water ministers have agreed to

Highlights in this week's issue include: * Trio of inquiries to report. Three major Senate inquiries are due to report this week. * Two clean energy bills pass. The NSW Parliament has passed clean energy and energy security bills, less than three weeks after they were introduced. * Environment ministers meet.

Highlights in this week's issue include: * New duties. Queensland's Parliament has passed a Bill that introduces a new environmental duty, and for the first time makes it an offence to breach a pre-existing duty. * $26 billion. Queensland's Budget has allocated billions of dollars to

Highlights in this week's issue include: * Waste levy increase. NSW is canvassing views on an increase in waste levies, and acknowledges it has ramifications for other states. * 'Red tape bomb'. Coalition criticises climate disclosure regime. * $7 billion. Treasury has issued its first Green Bond, and says

Highlights in this week's issue include: * Huge fines. The maximum penalty under a new environment Bill is $780 million, matching the maximum for breaking financial laws. * Enforcing and baselining nature positive. Related bills would establish two federal entities that will enforce and measure the move to nature positive.

Highlights in this week's issue include: * Line up. VicGrid plans to significantly boost payments to landholders hosting transmission lines. * In scope. The NSW EPA has become the first EPA in Australia to release detailed proposals to comprehensively regulate carbon emissions. * Charge up. The federal and WA government have