A regular jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction update supplementing Footprint's daily premium service coverage.

Highlights include new grant programs, legislation, and court rulings. Jobs include chief executive officer with the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust, and climate advisor to APA Group.

• National, state and territory round-up
• Jobs
• Events

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National:

• Have your say!: The federal government today released its consultation paper on a national electric vehicle strategy, with comments due by October 31.

• Statutory development: Environment and Water Minister Tanya Plibersek today introduced a Bill to update Australia's ozone layer protection legislation.

• Statutory development: Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen today introduced a Bill to amend the Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Act.

• Have your say!: The Senate environment committee is inviting submissions by October 13 on a Greens-proposed EPBC (Climate Trigger) Bill.

• The Energy Security Board has released three new papers on congestion management, which deal with congestion zones, connection fees, and on a stand-alone transmission queue model.

• Have your say!: The Department of Industry, Science and Resources is reviewing the ERF beef cattle herd management method, with comments due by October 21.

• The Climate Change Authority has released its 2022-23 corporate plan.

• The Clean Energy Regulator has executed several search warrants as part of an investigation into a potential $1.5 million solar panel fraud in Western Australia.

• The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water has launched a new website for Australia's greenhouse gas accounts.

• The Department of Industry, Science and Resources has released the latest national inventory of radioactive waste.

• Environment and Water Minister Tanya Plibersek has accredited the proposed water resource plan for the NSW border rivers alluvium area – the first water plan to come from NSW – and has delivered a speech on Basin water plans.

• Have your say!: The federal environment department has released long-awaited updated guidance on investigating, assessing and managing PFAS chemicals, with comments due by December 20. Related Footprint premium coverage here.

• The ACCC will shortly start an internet sweep of various environmental claims by Australian businesses, and says it might have to develop new anti-greenwashing regulations and standards. Related Footprint premium coverage here.

• Court ruling: Santos will appeal a Federal Court ruling that found its approval for drilling in the Barossa gas field was invalid due to the company's failure to properly consult with Tiwi Islanders. Related Footprint premium coverage here.

• Environment and Water Minister Tanya Plibersek has issued new Product Stewardship (Oil) Regulations that will continue existing arrangements, when the current regulations sunset on October 1.

• The Clean Energy Regulator is hosting a series of webinars for NGER reporters.

• Have your say!: The independent scientific committee that advises governments on CSG and large coal mines has released draft explanatory notes on subsidence from underground mining, with comments due by October 21.

• Have your say!: Comments are due by November 3 on a draft Lake Eyre Basin strategic plan.

Queensland:

• The state government today released an energy and jobs plan that commits it to sourcing 80% of its energy supply from renewables by 2035, with the transformation to be funded partly by coal royalties.

• Court ruling: A court has found a Stockland proposal for a major residential development could harm a significant wetland, and has criticised ecological evidence given on the company's behalf. Related Footprint premium coverage here.

NSW:

• In a landmark move, the NSW EPA will become the first state environmental regulator to use its licensing regime to cut industry greenhouse gas emissions. Related Footprint premium coverage here.

• Grant opportunity: The EPA is inviting expressions of interest by November 17 for a share in grants totalling $9 million available under the Circular Plastics Program.

• Grant opportunity: The EPA is inviting applications by November 16 from councils for grants to introduce food and garden organics (FOGO) kerbside collections.

• Grant opportunity: The state government is offering grants of up to $20,000 to install electricity submetering, with applications closing on December 2.

• The state government has released the draft operating protocol for its new $106 million Biodiversity Credits Supply Fund. Related Footprint premium coverage here.

• The statement government has issued a tender for drilling services in western NSW to assess CO2 storage potential.

• The state government is establishing a panel of accredited providers of energy efficiency services to deliver energy savings and peak demand reductions in priority sectors, technologies and regions.

• The EPA is seeking a consultant to conduct an audit of the state's commercial and industrial waste stream.

• The EPA has issued an updated bulletin on earning Australian Carbon Credit Units by introducing FOGO services.

• Have your say!: Regional NSW is seeking comments by October 19 on the proposed Mining Amendment Regulation and Petroleum (Onshore) Amendment Regulation.

• The EPA has gazetted an updated version of the Approved methods for the Modelling and Assessment of Air Pollutants.

• Have your say!: The Department of Primary Industries is seeking survey responses by November 6 on draft regional strategic weed management plans.

• AEMO Services has created an independent financial entity that will act as the counterparty to private sector infrastructure contracts under the NSW Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap.

• The EPA has issued guidance notes on using the agency's litter data.

Victoria:

• The state government has announced a target of 2.6GW of renewable energy storage capacity by 2030, rising to 6.3GW by 2035. Related Footprint premium coverage here.

• Winners of the 2022 Premier's sustainability awards include Fire Rescue Victoria, Solar Thermal Australia, and the North Western Program Alliance.

• Tribunal ruling: A Victorian tribunal has rejected a Council's attempt to shift the responsibility for investigating and managing a PFAS-contaminated site to the state's Country Fire Authority. Related Footprint premium coverage here.

• Statutory development: The state government yesterday finalised the Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) (Mineral Industries) Amendment Regulations 2022.

• Statutory development: The state government yesterday finalised Circular Economy Regulations that set out the operating rules of its container deposit scheme.

• Statutory development: The state government yesterday finalised regulations that revoke incandescent lighting provisions from the Victorian Energy Upgrades program.

• Statutory development: The state government has finalised regulations on the use of waste tyres in silage production.

• Victoria's Auditor-General has released the report of a follow-up audit that examined how DELWP has responded to recommendations of a 2018 audit on protecting the state's coastal areas.

• The state government has instructed the Victorian Environmental Assessment Council to assess government-accepted public land use recommendations made by the former Land Council between 1973 and 1983.

• The state government has halted its desalinated water order for this year, based on independent advice, after receiving four gigalitres of the original order for 15 gigalitres.

Tasmania:

• The state government will next month launch its Energy Saver Loan Scheme, which will provide interest-free loans of up to $10,000 for the purchase of approved energy efficient products.

South Australia:

• The EPA has released a final draft noise policy, with comments due by November 23.

Western Australia:

• Have your say!: A new discussion paper on regulating various types of emissions and discharges says businesses won't have their greenhouse gas emissions controlled through the state's environmental licensing regime. Comments are due by December 13. Related Footprint premium coverage here.

• Statutory development: Parliament has passed the Mining Amendment Bill, which overhauls the assessment and approvals process for mines.

• The state government will pay councils $5 for every tonne of recycled-content construction material that they source from accredited suppliers, under a new $350,000 program.

Jobs and appointments:

• The NSW government is recruiting a chief executive for the Biodiversity Conservation Trust.

• WA's Department of Water and Environmental Regulation is hiring a director, legal services.

• Victoria's EPA has a vacancy for a chief investigator.

• APA Group is hiring a climate change advisor.

• Sumitomo Forestry has a vacancy for a Melbourne-based national lead, carbon asset management.

• Monash University is recruiting a hub manager, carbon utilisation and recycling.

• The WA Local Government Association is hiring a senior policy advisor, waste.

Events:

• New environmental laws from across Australia for business. An October 5 webinar hosted by the Australian Environment Business Network.

• Energy Innovation X-Change 2022. An October 19 event in Sydney, hosted by the Australian Alliance for Energy Productivity.

• Waste expo Australia. An October 26 and 27 event in Melbourne.

• All-energy. An October 26 and 27 event in Melbourne.

• The Australian sustainable finance summit. An October 28 event in Sydney, hosted by the Australian Sustainable Finance Institute.

• National Adaptation and the AdaptNSW forums. November 1 and 2 joint forums in Sydney, hosted by the NESP Climate Adaptation Initiative and AdaptNSW.

• The energy transition: Australia's commitment to net-zero by 2050. A November 3 conference in Perth hosted by the National Environmental Law Association.

• AELERT 2022 conference: Regulating towards 2050. A November 29 to December 1 event in Sydney, hosted by the Australasian Environmental Law Enforcement and Regulators Network.