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What will the Rudd Government's planned insulation give-away mean for insulation components of the South Australian and Victorian household energy efficiency schemes and for NSW's looming energy efficiency scheme?

• COAG keeps lid on climate review
  
• Senate committee recommends 'full carbon accounting'
  
• Coalition and Greens criticise 'green cooling' funding suspension
  
• Economists call for comprehensive scheme coverage
  
• Plenty of scope to boost stewardship payments, CSIRO study says
  
• SA EPA air report indicates Nyrstar lead emissions still a concern
  
• Victoria's sustainability commissioner issues inaugural report
  
• EPA Victoria issues corporate licence to Fonterra

• SA prepared to 'go it alone' on key wastes
  
• Report assesses research gaps on climate change and emergency services
  
• Queensland EPA sets out plans for Gladstone air study
  
• Victorian program targets water use in cafés

• SA unveils energy efficiency scheme requirements
  
• Victoria moves to implement carbon capture and storage legislation
  
• NT issues draft terms of reference for review of assessment law
  
• SA proposes noise guidelines for wind farms
  
• Insurers face 'a fork in the road' on climate change, report says
  
• Federal agency issues multiple chemical sensitivity report
  
• Environmental finance awards open for nominations

• Australia to fund PNG forest carbon monitoring
  
• Capital cities set to cooperate on national green CBDs scheme
  
• Victorian climate adaptation advisory council holds inaugural meeting
  
• EPA Victoria inks sustainability covenant with Carbon Disclosure Project
  
• South Australia proposes landfill guidelines, Victoria issues landfill guide
  
• 'Keep thinking outside the bauxite', Pew climate chief tells aluminium industry

• Good 'corporate character' fails to convince judge not to record conviction
  
  
  
• Productivity Commission quibbles with, but praises, Stern
  
  
  
• Property Council pushes for Adelaide CBD cooling towers to use recycled water
  
  
  
• TEC, EnergyAustralia disagree on coupling 'smart meters' with in-home displays
  
  
  
• EPA Victoria issues HazWaste Fund guide

• Travelling north: Wong, Garrett and Garnaut head to PNG
  
• Federal government seeks advice on renewables target scheme revamp
  
• Productivity Commission to investigate 'regulatory burden' on upstream oil and gas
  
• G8 business groups set out climate policy expectations; IEA chief urges action; APP to meet again
  
• EPA Victoria issues urban design water guide, SA EPA issues wastewater irrigation guide

Submissions from major energy industry players have criticised South Australia's proposed residential energy efficiency scheme for being too different from Victoria's planned scheme and have urged South Australia to put its plans on hold or simply 'piggy-back' on the Victorian program.

• GM crops an export boon, says ABARE
  
• Auto industry review seeks feedback on travel-based taxes
  
• Deloitte to advise on NT's climate policy
  
• South Australia to introduce new water heater standards
  
• Victorian regulator proposes regional water price increases

An OECD review of Australia's environmental performance says serious breaches are 'inadequately prosecuted' in some jurisdictions and recommends that enforcement be strengthened, especially against big polluters.



The OECD also says voluntary measures often don't have 'meaningful' monitoring and compliance mechanisms and recommends greater use of economic instruments.