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'Clean Energy Future Plan' - Briefing for Business: Update July 2011

On 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, …

The Mandatory Building Efficiency Disclosure Scheme - Update February 2010

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.