Emerging Issues 2019 - for the Australian resources and renewable energy industry

The Queensland Government has released five new areas of land totalling 1,459km2 in Queensland's Bowen and Surat basins for petroleum and gas exploration.

This article will focus on the complex water regimes across Queensland and New South Wales and the relevance to industry.

The ACCC has also published a draft guideline ("Guidelines on Part XICA - Prohibited conduct in the energy market").

In early 2012 the NZ Government proposed selling up to 49 per cent of shares in Government owned hydropower companies.

This article highlights key aspects of the new regime and its potential impact on the resources sector in Queensland.

On July 1 2005 the structure of policymaking and regulation in the Australian energy sector changed significantly. The purpose of the reform was to move towards a single national policy-making and regulatory structure across the power and gas sectors throughout the country, removing overlaps with state-based regulatory systems and recognizing the increased convergence of the power and gas industries.

This article will provide an overview of some of the models used in delivering this infrastructure.

In May 2020, Rio Tinto, an Anglo-Australian multinational mining company and the world's biggest iron ore miner, destroyed two ancient caves in Pilbara, Western Australia.

In a timely reminder of looming reporting deadlines for liable entities and a wake-up call for those still in the dark about new greenhouse reporting laws, the Government has just released a policy statement for how the ‘carbon police’ will be approaching recalcitrant and non-compliant companies in the inaugural year of the NGER Scheme.

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