Giving every large emitter an individual emissions trajectory will require the completion of 215 separate and complex negotiations within six months, the Grattan Institute has warned.
As the government's climate Bills today passed the House, Minister Chris Bowen told Greens leader Adam Bandt he will investigate requiring NOPSEMA to take into account the Paris Agreement and Australia's targets.
The government's climate change Bill is assured of passage through Parliament, after Greens leader Adam Bandt today committed his party to voting for it.
After an inquiry into her previous EPBC climate trigger Bill was repeatedly delayed and then lapsed, Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young will re-introduce a version of the Bill today.
A new supplementary climate Bill would amend laws including the Clean Energy Regulator and NGER Acts, and Treasurer Jim Chalmers has confirmed the government is developing a standard approach to climate risk disclosure.
The Albanese government today introduced what Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen described as "simple yet powerful" legislation to lock in Labor's 2030 goal of a 43% emissions reduction.