Western Australia's Appeals Convenor has rejected arguments from environmentalists that greenhouse gas conditions recommended for an onshore gas project are too weak.
An appeal has identified multiple failings in the Western Australian EPA's assessment of a gas-fired power station proposed by Fortescue, but the state government won't make the agency re-evaluate it.
The Western Australian government has won the right to receive some EPBC Act offset revenue, and has secured passage of a state Bill that smooths the way for it to exercise EPBC approval powers.
The Western Australian government will encourage the use of key waste streams as a resource, by clarifying that those handling them won't have to pay waste levies.
The company proposing a WA gas project, along with the state's environmental agency, are taking a very different stance on carbon offsetting to Santos and the NSW government.