The Albanese Government’s election commitment of a new national EPA will be the centrepiece of the reforms of the EPBC Act, but plenty of detail remains to be negotiated with interest groups next year.
Australia's state and federal environmental protection laws fail to uphold the three core environmental community rights established by the UN Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, according to an analysis by the Environmental Defenders Office and the Wilderness Society.
A NSW Parliamentary committee has recommended a full review of the NSW Biodiversity Offsets Scheme, to improve its integrity and transparency and to fix the serious flaws in the biodiversity offsets market.
The Taskforce developing a nature version of the TCFD regime says businesses should aim to develop integrated transition plans that align with global net-zero and nature-positive goals.
VicForests is ignoring the precautionary principle in its approach to logging glider habitat, and its conservation methods are ineffectual, Victoria's Supreme Court has ruled.
Australia's largest environmental markets business today launched a new nature credits trading scheme that can work in tandem with carbon offset projects.
The federal government has invited comments on whether it should undertake new EPBC assessments for 18 fossil fuel projects, proposed by companies including Woodside, Waratah Coal, and Australia Pacific LNG.
A Queensland regional group has prepared detailed environmental accounts for an area extending over 5.6 million hectares, and is looking for investors wanting to protect and restore its natural capital.