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Law and policy changes in all jurisdictions, and a round-up of jobs, grants, awards and seminars.

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Upcoming events:

  • Health, safety, environment and community conference An August 29 to30 conference in the Hunter Valley, hosted by the NSW Mining Council.
  • Disruption and the energy industry An August 30 conference in Sydney, hosted by Informa.
  • Environment management practitioners workshop An August 30 to 31 workshop in Sydney, hosted by the Australian Sustainable Business Group.
  • Power industry – challenges ahead A September 6 seminar by Dr Paul Simshauser, director-general of Queensland's Department of Energy and Water Supply.
  • Smart lighting summit A September 6 to 7 conference in Melbourne.
  • The future of HVAC A September 7 to 8 conference in Brisbane, hosted by AIRAH.
  • Unlocking shared value A September 7 to 8 workshop in Sydney hosted by the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility.
  • Environmental law and compliance workshop A September 9 workshop in Sydney hosted by the Australian Sustainable Business Group.

For other events, including a waste and recycling conference in Fremantle, see the extensive Footprint what's on listings.

National:

Queensland:

  • By 44 votes to 42, state parliament has defeated a government bill to reimpose controls on large-scale land clearing (related article for subscribers only).
  • Comment is due by September 2 on the Palaszczuk Government's climate change discussion paper.

NSW:

  • The administrator of the Energy Savings Scheme has released its latest annual report (related article for subscribers only).
  • A judge has found that a Centennial Coal subsidiary was criminally negligent when it chose to build a haul road in the wrong location (related article for subscribers only).
  • The NSW Resources Regulator and Young Mining Pty Ltd are in the Land and Environment Court over the Regulator's decision to suspend the company's licence because of its failure to provide a security payment (related article for subscribers only).
  • The Department of Defence has issued an update about contamination on and near Williamtown RAAF base.
  • Comment closes on September 16 on draft documents on the assessment and approval of wind farms (related article for subscribers only).
  • Grant opportunity: The NSW Office of Environment and Heritage and the state's Local Government Association have invited councils to apply for funding under a new 'building resilience to climate change' grant round.

ACT:

  • The ACT has announced the winning tenders of its most recent reverse auction - the Crookwell 2 wind farm (NSW) and the third stage of the Hornsdale wind farm (SA). The energy provided by the two projects means the ACT will now meet its target of sourcing 100% of its energy from renewables by 2020.

Victoria:

  • The Andrews government will use green bond proceeds to help reinstate an energy efficiency program for public infrastructure that was axed by its predecessor (related article for subscribers only).
  • Comment closes on August 31 on a discussion paper on the state government's proposed renewable energy auction scheme (related article for subscribers only).
  • Comment closes on August 22 on proposed changes to the general exemption order that would affect signatories to power purchase agreements and those supplying energy to facilities such as shopping centres and apartment blocks.

Tasmania:

  • The state government has issued the Environmental Management and Pollution Control (Noise) Regulations 2016.

South Australia:

Western Australia:

  • A company that had its environmental licence revoked in 2014 due to contamination concerns has gained planning consent to carry out different activities on the same site (related article for subscribers only).
  • Comment closes August 26 on proposed changes to the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Regulations 2008 to strengthen record-keeping requirements (related article for subscribers only).

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