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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 Treasury has released draft guidance on climate-related transition planning.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. * '