Reading RoomOn 10 July 2011, the Prime Minister released the Federal Government's 'Clean Energy Future Plan' (Plan).
The centrepiece of the Plan is the introduction of a carbon price starting at $23 per tonne of carbon pollution on 1 July 2012. This price will be payable by Australia's 500 most carbon-intensive businesses in the stationary energy, …
As part of the Gillard Government 2010 election commitment, the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (DCCEE) has released a consultation paper titled "Tax Breaks for Green Buildings". The consultation paper details proposed tax incentives for improving the energy efficiency of certain existing buildings (the Tax Breaks program).
The Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure Act 2010 (Act) provides for the establishment of a national mandatory disclosure scheme (Scheme) for owners and tenants of certain commercial office buildings in relation to the energy efficiency of those buildings. A new Ministerial Determination was issued on 26 November 2010, which clarifies the application of the Scheme, particularly, in relation to mixed use buildings.
With the change of government, we thought it worthwhile to provide a brief summary of the incoming Government’s Planning Policies. As is always the case in these circumstances, the devil will, of course, be in the detail, but what follows is a brief run-down of key policy initiatives likely to be implemented.
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Three power outages in the early part of 2009, two of which were likely caused by excavation work, provided the impetus for the Energy Legislation Amendment (Infrastructure Protection) Act 2009 (Amending Act), and associated regulations which came into force on 1 July 2010.
On 26 May 2010 the Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (Development Consents) Act 2010 (Amendment Act) came into force. The Amendment Act, first introduced into the NSW Parliament on 22 April 2010, is intended to assist developers who are struggling in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis to commence approved developments before consent periods lapse. …
New land transfer registration fee in New South Wales
On 12 May 2010 the New South Wales Government announced the introduction of an ad valorem transfer fee in respect of the transfer of real property in New South Wales. This transfer fee is in addition to existing stamp duty payable on transfers of real property and is also payable by the purchaser.
On Tuesday, 4 May 2010, the State Government re-introduced into Parliament legislation intended to implement the Growth Area Infrastructure Contribution (GAIC). The legislation represents the second attempt to introduce a GAIC and follows extensive industry and parliamentary consultation.
The …
As part of COAG's commitment to introducing a comprehensive National Strategy for Energy Efficiency, the Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure Bill 2010 (Bill) was introduced into parliament on 18 March 2010.
The Bill provides for the establishment of a new national scheme for the mandatory disclosure of commercial office building efficiency.
In …
At last month’s 5th Annual Water Symposium the acting Chairman and CEO of the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART), James Cox, suggested that it is unlikely that the full potential of competition in the water industry has yet been realised.
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