The NSW government will measure the cost of carbon for new government infrastructure projects across the state to help cut emissions and building costs.
New NSW planning requirements to monitor embodied emissions will help grow the market for low-carbon building materials, according to industry experts.
A Victorian government department has objected to Cement Australia's plans to install new plant that would prepare industrial slag for reuse, and Defence is also wary.
The ACT government should set mandatory embodied carbon limits for the material and equipment that it buys, according to a report commissioned by ACT Minister for Emissions Reductions, Shane Rattenbury.