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• South32 moves to demonstration phase for CSIRO methane technology
  
• Rio Tinto needs legislative amendment to clean-up Ranger uranium mine
  
• NZ to introduce 'managed retreat' legislation next year

South Australia's EPA will review business environmental licence conditions to ensure they take proper account of the increasing risk of extreme weather, according to a new climate change position statement.

South Australia's EPA will use its environmental licensing powers to ensure businesses properly consider climate risks, says the state government's new five-year climate action plan.

• Bunnings to ban VicForests-sourced timber
  
• NSW Energy Minister endorses global 2019 'peak emissions' goal
  
• Tougher lead limits imposed on Nyrstar smelter

• Minister rejects appeal against BHP licence amendment
  
• Queensland to develop Reef island decarbonisation plans
  
• Coca Cola Amatil to boost use of recycled plastic

• Audit reveals serious deficiencies at pesticides regulator
  
• Supreme Court rejects mining lease challenge
  
• Deloitte 'runs the numbers' on Great Barrier Reef

• Greens call for climate change and security inquiry
  
• Mine rehabilitation inquiry seeks more time
  
• NSW proposes changes to chemicals regulation
  
• Victoria finalises 'scheduled premises' changes

• NSW identifies new onshore gas sites
  
• ACT Budget signals new emphasis on climate change adaptation
  
• NSW to update pesticides regulation

• Parliament passes coastal law
  
• New guidance for developments near landfills
  
• Airport PFC contamination triggers multi-agency response

The WA Government has refused to insert greenhouse gas controls into the revised licence for a coal-fired power station, acting on advice from the State's Appeals Convenor.