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Enviroment Network Weekly (ENW) E-News – March 12, 2024

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Safeguard Mechanism: Draft Earnings Before Interest and Tax Guidelines and calculating the Default Prescribed Unit Price: Comment sought

To minimise the risk of carbon leakage, the Safeguard Mechanism reforms introduced the trade-exposed baseline-adjusted (TEBA) framework. The framework provides a reduced decline rate for a […]

Design Paper on Expanded Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS): Comment sought

The Federal Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) is seeking feedback on the proposed design of the expanded Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS), […]

Australia Government declares an area in Southern Ocean as offshore wind zone

The Federal Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) has announced that the Australian Government declared an area in the Southern Ocean, off […]

Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions for Sept 2023 quarter: Released

The Federal Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) has released the latest Quarterly Update of Australia’s National Greenhouse Gas Inventory: September 2023?. […]

New accreditation body for solar installers and designers announced

The Clean Energy Regulator (CER) has approved Solar Accreditation Australia (SAA) as the new installer and designer accreditation scheme operator (ASO) under the Small-scale Renewable Energy […]

Waiver on waste levy for disaster waste

The Victorian Government is assisting communities affected by the February 2024 emergency events by removing charges to dispose of disaster waste. The waste levy for disposal […]

Protection of the Environment Operations (Waste) Amendment (Waste Facility Contributions) Regulations 2024 – Effective 1 March 2024

The NSW Government announced that the Protection of the Environment Operations (Waste) Amendment (Waste Facility Contributions) Regulation 2024 commenced on 1 March 2024.  It amends the Protection of […]

Update on Asbestos in mulch: Supply chain tracing completed by NSW EPA

NSW EPA has announced it has reached the end of the supply chain as it traces mulch linked to the asbestos contamination originally discovered at the […]

Environmental Protection (Powers and Penalties) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 – Introduced to QLD Parliament

The Environmental Protection (Powers and Penalties) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 was introduced into Queensland Parliament on 13 February 2024.     The Bill implements the […]

Asbestos found in NuGrow Ipswich

In South East QLD, the QLD Department of Environment, Science and Innovation (DESI) and the Asbestos Safety Unit of Workplace Health and Safety Queensland (WHSQ) last […]

Stockpiling green waste results in enforcement action

Stockpiling of green waste at a site in Swanbank QLD has seen the QLD Department of Environment, Science and Innovation (DESI) order the waste operator to […]

Offensive odours result in DESI filing restraint order application against company

The QLD Department of Environment, Science and Innovation (DESI) has filed a restraint order application against NuGrow Ipswich Pty Ltd as a result of ongoing offensive […]

Additional waste levy exemptions

As a result of severe weather events in QLD during January 2024, the QLD Department of Environment, Science and Innovation (DESI) has granted further waste levy […]

Minor updates to the end of waste code for irrigation of associated water (CSG water)

Updates have been made to the end of waste (EOW) code irrigation of associated water (including CSG water) to streamline requirements by removing the requirement to […]

Climate Change Amendments to the Environment Protection Act 1993: Commenced 1 March 2024

Recent climate change related amendments made to the Environment Protection Act 1993 came into effect on 1 March 2024. The amendments define and then add the terms […]

State of the Environment Report launched

SA EPA has released its latest 5 yearly State of the Environment Report, making a number of recommendations to help safeguard South Australia’s environment, with a […]

Remaking of the Environment Protection Regulations: Commences 1 April 2024

The SA Government has approved the remake of the Environment Protection Regulations to commence from 1 April 2024, as part of the 10-yearly review and expiry […]

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