BCSD Australia

This week's highlights include: * What Queensland's new government has planned. LNP statements to Parliament about recent climate laws give insights into its likely approach. * PFAS. Revised drinking water standards will set new PFAS standards, and a new federally-backed project will pyrolyse biosolids to treat PFAS. * Bigger

This week's highlights include: * Planning bills. New planning bills are before the NSW and Tasmanian parliaments. * Long-term goal. NSW will legislate a new long-duration storage target. * WA's emissions handball. Large projects in WA subject to the Safeguard Mechanism will no longer have their emissions regulated by

This week's highlights include: * Sustainable procurement. The federal government is consulting on how to extend its environmentally sustainable procurement policy. * New nature coalition. Companies including Qantas, Wesfarmers and Bega have formed a new nature alliance. * Going nuclear. A new parliamentary inquiry into nuclear energy will report before the

This week's highlights include: * Biodiversity certificates. DCCEEW has released its first draft method for earning biodiversity certificates. * Hazardous chemicals. DCCEEW has released proposed standards for hazardous chemicals including PFOS and PFOA. * Pumped hydro. The NSW government is seeking comments on plans by Yancoal for a renewable energy hub.

This week's highlights include: * The whole package. A new federal paper examines three policy approaches to minimise packaging waste, and identifies one clear winner. * Waste to resources. An overhaul of a South Australian environment policy could lead to a waste hierarchy revamp and mandatory waste planning. * NFF chief

This week's highlights include: * Energy planning. The Senate has established a committee that will inquire into energy planning and regulation. * Nature summit. Minister Tanya Plibersek has released the program for next month's Global Nature Positive Summit in Sydney. * Coal grant. The Queensland government has awarded another