The Queensland government has named five new carbon projects that will receive additional payments in recognition of their biodiversity or social co-benefits.
A legal dispute between farmers hosting an ERF project and a couple seeking to mine for opals has ended with a court awarding the farmers modest compensation.
Carbon offsets company CO2 Australia has emerged as the biggest winner in round one of Queensland's Land Restoration Fund, receiving $33.63 million out of $91 million awarded.
Carbon abatement from projects with major environmental and social benefits will be purchased at more than twice the ERF auction price, under contracts being negotiated by the Queensland government.
The Queensland government has offered a total of $93 million in grants to proponents of 21 nature-based greenhouse gas abatement projects, including five proposed by carbon offsets company GreenCollar.
Highlights include new long-awaited ERF guidance from the Clean Energy Regulator, and a Victorian parliamentary hearing into waste and recycling. Jobs include a senior post managing NSW's contribution to national energy policy.