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AHRC calls for long-overdue Human Rights Act

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2026  |  NEWS
... introduce a federal Human Rights Act as a priority, which will improve federal discrimination laws, strengthen the role of Parliament in considering and protecting human rights and introduce a rights tracker to measure progress on human rights. "This ...

EPBC Act reforms offer clearer decarbonisation pathway: Fund manager

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... clearer pathway towards decarbonisation for investors, according to Ellerston Capital. On November 28, both houses of Parliament passed the Environment Protection Reform Bill 2025, which contains several amendments to the EPBC Act that were recommended ...

Norway SWF told to pause ethical divestments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
... sovereign wealth fund is halting ethical divestments until its guidelines, unchanged since 2004, are reviewed. Norway's parliament earlier this week voted to pause ethical divestments by Norges Bank Investment Management while it updates the fund's ...

Capacity Investment Scheme supercharged for energy transition

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... Scheme (CIS), raising the new capacity target to 40 gigawatts (GW). Addressing the Investor Group on Climate Change at Parliament House on Tuesday, Bowen said the CIS has achieved record levels of investment in just three years. The CIS aims to accelerate ...

Unchecked climate change to cost Australia trillions: Climate Council

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... which the Climate Council has labelled the push as "disgraceful". "It's a stunt - and it'll be swiftly squashed in the Parliament," McKenzie criticised. "But it is another disgraceful tactic in a long history of spurious claims and peddling climate denial. ...

Green moves: Perpetual, Accounting for Nature

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... director. "The team I led delivered its first assessment on the progress NSW is making on climate change to the NSW Parliament, with sobering conclusions. NSW was at high risk of missing its legislated 2030 and 2035 emissions reduction targets," he noted. ...

Labor win 'a referendum on renewable energy'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... reliable power for all Australians. "We look forward to working with the Albanese government and the next Australian Parliament to ensure strong, stable and effective policy for the transition to clean energy." Likewise, the Clean Energy Investor Group ...

Green moves: Climateworks, Friends of the Earth

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
Climateworks has added a head of Australia programs, while Friends of the Earth have a new chief executive. Climateworks Centre has welcomed Erwin Jackson to its executive leadership team as the head of Australia programs. He joins the organisation ...

Hydrogen incentives and critical minerals sector support

PAUL LINGARD, SANJAY WAVDE  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... Minerals Production Tax Incentive (CMPTI). The Production Tax Credits and Other Measures Bill passed both Houses of Parliament on 11 February 2025. The Senate incorporated one change to ensure uranium is unable to be a critical mineral for the purposes ...

ASIC releases sustainability reporting guidelines

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... critical piece that supports the implementation of these sustainability reporting requirements passed by the Australian Parliament. We will continue to expand our broader suite of publications related to sustainability reporting over time as market practices ...
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