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.
VicForests is ignoring the precautionary principle in its approach to logging glider habitat, and its conservation methods are ineffectual, Victoria's Supreme Court has ruled.
Developers can apply for priority access to in-demand biodiversity credits, according to the draft operating protocol for NSW's new $106 million biodiversity fund.
A court has found a Stockland proposal for a major residential development could harm a significant wetland, and has criticised ecological evidence given on the company's behalf.