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.
Copenhagen Energy today made an EPBC referral for a 3GW offshore wind farm, while Esso has told the offshore oil and gas regulator that it can't fully remove its Bass Strait infrastructure.
A Queensland environment group is relying on the EPBC Act's reconsideration provisions to ask for a re-evaluation of 19 major projects, because of their climate impacts.
Environment Minister Sussan Ley says she considered a climate change duty of care owed to young people when deciding to approve a Whitehaven coal project.
Western Australia has proposed regulations that would allow companies to apply to have the state government act as the sole environmental decision-maker for their projects.
Prepare for national biodiversity standards, more federal-state climate change cooperation, and the start of a new law that allows companies to be prosecuted for breaching a general environmental duty.