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.
After Rio Tinto advised that it couldn't clean up the Ranger uranium mine site by 2026, the Albanese government has introduced a Bill that will allow the company to take as long as it needs.
A federal biodiversity markets scheme is urgently needed, but it shouldn't be a source of offsets in the initial stages, according to environmental markets expert, Professor Andrew Macintosh.
The federal climate, environment and water department today sought comments on the Albanese government's proposed national market for biodiversity restoration and protection.