A tribunal has refused to grant Alinta a planning permit for a wind farm because of its impact on an airfield and its proximity to a roosting area for a critically endangered bat.
A Labor government would establish a $100 million native species fund, and a returned Morrison government would order the Clean Energy Finance Corporation to invest $100 million in the recycling industry.
Australia should mandate more stringent carbon controls on companies and vehicles, and strengthen policies on biodiversity, waste and chemicals, according to the OECD.
The federal environment department is seeking views on a farmer's claim that an EPBC referral for a wind farm transmission line that would pass through his land was 'false and misleading'.