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Experts evaluate ERF baseline mechanism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... need to be some other tool or suite of tools implemented." Grant Anderson, a partner in the energy and resources group at Allens, also said that the structure of the safeguard mechanism may not effectively bring down emissions. "Because the baselines ...

Business begins unwinding of carbon tax arrangements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... arrangements and calculating how direct and indirect costs will be passed through to customers. Grant Anderson, partner, Allens Legal experts say that companies have been preparing against the unwinding of the carbon pricing scheme and that the process ...

CFI a source of economic opportunity for Indigenous groups

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... for native lands associated with conservation agreements or national parks, said Emily Gerrard, a senior associate with Allens. "There is a potential problem because a lot of land subject to native title is associated with national parks, world heritage ...

Companies face uncertainty from timing of carbon tax repeal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... scheme, and it won't be before the beginning of July," said Grant Anderson, a partner in the energy and resources group at Allens. "In addition, while the government has said that it will repeal the carbon tax from 1 July 2014, the carbon pricing scheme ...

Investor questions about risks, oversight of coal seam gas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... going smoothly but something happens to cause a breach of the environmental licenses," said Grant Anderson, a partner at Allens. "There are a couple of ways of dealing with that, depending on why the license condition is being breached and the agreed ...

Companies, investors prepared for carbon price launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... well prepared for the carbon pricing scheme," said Grant Anderson, a partner in the energy and resources group at law firm Allens. "They have spent a lot of effort in terms of determining which entity within a corporate group is a liable entity, whether ...

International human rights law impacts Australian companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... Respect and Remedy Framework... informs what's happening on the domestic level," said Rachel Nicolson, a senior associate in Allens Arthur Robinson's international business obligations practice. "There is increased attention at government level in Australia ...

Fourth Carbon Farming Initiative methodology approved

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... product of increased engagement with Indigenous communities, according to Emily Gerrard, a senior associate at law firm Allens Arthur Robinson. Indigenous communities and organisations, including the North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management ...

Carbon credits to be regulated as financial products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Commission (ASIC). "It's expected, and it's appropriate," said Grant Anderson, a partner in the energy and resources group at Allens Arthur Robinson. "Carbon units will be traded, and while they are of course, different from securities or shares, there ...

Business, investors get certainty as carbon package passes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... plan accordingly for launch on 1 July 2012. Grant Anderson Grant Anderson, a partner in the energy and resources group at Allens Arthur Robinson, said that the focus of attention now would be on the promulgation of regulations to implement the carbon ...