A panel led by former federal climate change minister Greg Combet today recommended that Victoria aim for up to a 60% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.
Victoria's top sustainability advisor has warned that the state's biodiversity is in decline on multiple fronts, in a new 'state of the environment' report.
Proponents will have to buy water quality offsets if their developments increase sediment or nutrient levels in Great Barrier Reef catchments, under a new Queensland bill.
A Royal Commission has accused the Murray-Darling Basin Authority of unlawfully ignoring climate change and recommended more water buybacks for the environment.