The EPBC Act reform package comprises seven Bills, with the most significant changes outlined in the Environment Protection Reform Bill 2025 (Reform Bill), the National Environmental Protection Agency ...

To give effect to the Code, Parliament has passed two key statutes in August 2025: ...

The Environment and Sustainable Development 5 Minute Fix is a snapshot of need-to-know news on a range of ESD issues nationally. This edition covers Queensland's Energy Roadmap 2025, changes to the ...

The Commonwealth Government has announced changes to the Commonwealth Procurement Rules ( CPRs ).

COP30 is expected to set the direction for global climate policy and markets over the next decade, presenting both significant challenges and new opportunities for Australian businesses in the face of ...

VicGrid, responsible for coordinating the planning and development of Renewable Energy Zones (REZs) and soon to be responsible for the planning of the Victorian transmission network following transfer ...

The task facing the WA public sector in readying itself for the new PRIS laws is a considerable one, particularly given the retrospectivity of some of the IPPs. For the first time, the WA public ...

To use the newly introduced “public interest defence”, it's vitally important for a publisher to demonstrate that the steps they took to inform themselves of matters relevant to their belief were ...

NSW District Court confirms that principal contractors may be liable for the health and safety breaches of their expert subcontractors. One of the most difficult aspects of work health and safety is ...

Initially foreshadowed in late 2022, and following community consultation which commenced in 2019, the WA Government has this month introduced Bills to implement its proposed new privacy and ...

The Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024, which would introduce a new statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy, is now undergoing a round of ...