BCSD Australia

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

Highlights in this week's issue include: * New climate inquiry. The Greens have instigated a Senate climate risk and insurance inquiry. * Grants for large gas users. Victoria is offering large energy users up to $66,000 to help them switch away from fossil gas. * Hydrogen-ready power plant approved. Squadron

Highlights in this week's issue include: * Greenhouse gas appeal fails. Atlas Iron has failed to convince the WA government that a mine's emissions shouldn't undergo EPA assessment. * Landfill levy jump. Victoria's landfill levy will increase to align with the NSW rate. * Bilbies

Highlights in this week's issue include: * Parties show their hands. The federal Opposition is wary of a climate disclosure Bill, while the Greens and Senator Pocock want mandatory scenario analysis. * 'Scorched earth'. The Victorian Opposition will try to overturn a planning amendment that smooths the way

Highlights in this week's issue include: * Ban this, and not that. BlueScope wants a new ban on exporting steel scrap, and Veolia says an imminent ban on exporting waste paper should be axed. * Circularity and directors' duties. ASIC should issue directors' guidance on the circular economy,