The Queensland budget reveals how waste levy revenue will be spent, and also outlines plans for launching its green bond-backed $500 million Land Restoration Fund.
The Palaszczuk government has started work on a $500 million fund to support land-based carbon offset projects, and has introduced a new bill to tighten controls on clearing.
Labor has stormed into office in the Northern Territory promising to rewrite environment laws and consider carbon emissions when large new projects are assessed.
The Queensland Government today sought to stave off a World Heritage 'in danger listing' for the Great Barrier Reef after the defeat of its land clearing bill.
AGL has contracted to buy carbon credits created from tree plantings in Western Australia that have been certified under a well-known international offsets scheme.