Queensland’s renewables sector has regained its footing after a period of policy uncertainty, according to Brisbane-based biodiversity offsets consultancy earthtrade. The uncertainty began with the change of state government. Since taking power, the LNP has scrapped Queensland’s legislated renewable and emissions targets, extended the life of coal-fired power stations and backed gas. Related: What Do…
Junior explorers across Far North Queensland’s Herberton-Chillagoe region have been urged to get their environmental approvals under way as a priority. Brisbane-based offsets consultancy earthtrade said the EPBC Act process could take between 12 and 18 months. Herberton became famous for a major tin discovery in the 1880s. Precious and base-metals mining ran through the Chillagoe district for…
Blog by Thomas Key, Director, earthtrade There is a looming conflict inside Australia’s environmental law, and it lands on the people least able to absorb it — landholders and project proponents. In December last year, federal reforms to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 took effect. Among them, the long-standing ‘continuation of use’…
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