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This week's highlights include: * Grid Bill clears Upper House. Victoria's Upper House has passed a Bill that takes responsibility for grid planning away from AEMO. * CCS Bill. A Queensland Bill would give Glencore a new option for decommissioning wells linked to a CCS project that didn&

This week's highlights include: * REZ concerns. A NSW parliamentary report says consultation has been inadequate in a key renewables zone, and urges a cumulative impacts study. * Coordinator-General. The federal government's new 'single front door' for mega-projects might lead to the office of a new

This week's highlights include: * 'Climate first but not only'. Treasury has released draft guidance on climate-related transition planning. * It's official. VicGrid has released its final transmission plan, providing clarity on where renewable energy zones and transmission lines will be located. * Repartnering. The bilateral climate

This week's highlights include: * Major environment Bill. A new NSW Bill expands the remit of environment policies, extends director liability provisions, and factors environmental justice principles into sentencing. * Fast-turnaround. An urgent NSW Bill to facilitate new grid infrastructure has passed Parliament after less than a day of debate.

This week's highlights include: * 'More ambitious'. The NSW EPA has unveiled new requirements for large emitters that it says are more ambitious than Safeguard requirements. * EPA trio. The EPAs of NSW, Victoria and South Australia have released principles on how their actions will have regard to

This week's highlights include: * Algal bloom inquiry. A Senate committee will examine the causes of South Australia's toxic algal bloom, and the adequacy of response measures. * First remarks. In her first parliamentary remarks as shadow environment minister, Liberal MP Angie Bell has quoted Ken Henry and

This week's highlights include: * Mining review. The NSW government will review mining and environmental legislation to ensure it doesn't impede productive post-mining land use. * Urgent reform. Ken Henry has called for urgent reform of the EPBC Act, in a speech to the National Press Club. * '

This week's highlights include: * ACCU 'hard limit'. A CEFC-backed report proposes capping the extent to which ACCUs can be used to offset liquid fuel-related emissions in key sectors. * It's not pollution. The Wheatstone LNG project's greenhouse gas emissions are not pollution, says

This week's highlights include: * Carbon credits bulk-buy. In a first, the ACCC plans to authorise an ACCUs bulk-buy, and it could benefit Victorian environmental plantings projects. * 'No meaningful response'. Queensland's environment department has issued a PFAS-related enforcement order to Liquid Terminals Australia. * Marine heatwave

This week's highlights include: * EPA steps up. NSW's EPA will soon release draft time-bound emissions reduction expectations for the coal sector, while the state government is drafting adaptation regulations. * Another attempt. After its first attempt was deemed unacceptable, the Port of Hastings has submitted a new

This week's highlights include: * 24-year wait to fill coal mine. An EnergyAustralia Yallourn coal mine rehabilitation plan says it will take over two decades to fill the pit with water. * Climate disclosures scrutiny. Victoria's Auditor-General has a two-stage plan to examine climate disclosures by state agencies.

This week's highlights include: * New energy review. Queensland's Productivity Commission has received terms of reference for a new energy inquiry. * Battery changes. A voluntary battery stewardship scheme is set to receive ACCC approval for fee and rebate changes, but the scheme still might not last. * PFAS

This week's highlights include: * Clean energy woes. Numerous organisations have criticised a Queensland Bill that puts new hurdles in the way of clean energy project assessments. * New ACCC guidance. The ACCC is planning to release new guidance on 'emissions-related claims'. * Special case pleas. ASIC has started