Partner William Oxby and Associate Jessica Day have contributed two chapters on Environment 2023 and Climate Regulation 2023 in Lexology's Getting The Deal Through.
The quick reference guides enable the reader to quickly understand the key elements of Australian Environment and Climate Change Law. The guides allow a side-by-side comparison of local insights, including the main environment and planning law, climate regulations, enforcement, policies and authorities; waste regulation, national emission levels, limits and emission reduction projects; emission allowances and trading; energy and non-energy sector regulation; renewable energy consumption, policy and general regulation, including carbon capture and storage; due diligence, M&A transactions; and recent trends.
There is a significant movement towards embedding the concept of nature positive into Federal and State environmental legislation. This raises the questions: why is nature positive a focus for...
In a cruel twist of irony, two of NSW’s premier minerals projects, approved by the NSW Government within just days of one another, have been nullified on the same day through two separate decisions.
The NSW State Government is well underway in utilising a number of levers to address the housing supply crisis, particularly with the commencement of the TOD SEPP. The question remains as to...