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Tasmania has opened up its electricity market to new retailers, but Hydro Tasmania remains the only player to date.

Key points to consider in assessing whether Australia is ready for electric vehicles eg. infrastructur.

New South Wales has recently introduced legislation, to establish a mandatory Renewal Energy Target (NRET) scheme that ensures the state produces 15 per cent energy from renewable sources by 2020.

The Queensland Government has released more than 7,000 km² of land for petroleum and gas and coal exploration.

The environmental approvals process for offshore petroleum activities is currently the subject of significant reform.

Ease of access is the key to promoting better CSG industry information to landowners on water monitoring and management.

The Government accepted most of the Review's recommendations, and consultation on legislative changes will begin soon.

We have set out some examples of how the MERCP Act impacts resource exploration and production, and what you need to do.

On 28 June 2007 the NSW Minister for Emergency Services and for Water Utilities released the Water Industry Competition Act Regulations Consultation Paper.

Among the reasons for refusing the proposed coal mine was the likely contribution to downstream greenhouse gas emissions.

The Federal Court (the Court) recently handed down its judgment in Australia’s first greenwashing case, testing net-zero assertions made by companies. It found representations regarding “clean energy” and statements made as to Santos Ltd’s targets for net-zero were not misleading. The Court dismissed the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR)’s claim and awarded costs against it.

In our recent update we discussed how rising world oil prices saw the Mauritanian government assert that it would no longer be bound to oil concession agreements with Woodside Petroleum. Woodside was forced to renegotiate those agreements and pay in excess of US$100 million to settle the dispute.

The High Court clarified and reaffirmed, amongst other things, the meaning of the agreed term "reasonable endeavours".

The Bill harmonises the framework for work health and safety regulation across all onshore resource industries in NSW.

NCEF, a national energy retail regime to solve the discrepancies of energy regulation, has commenced in 2 jurisdictions.

Significant findings in the draft AEMC report & recommendations. Includes a link to the report.

If Australia fails to resolve the power equation, we risk slowing AI adoption, delaying cloud migration and pushing investment offshore.