Michael Nicholls 
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The first major overhaul of Australia’s carbon market legislation in over a decade has arrived, bringing increased scrutiny for environmental projects. The Federal Government has released the exposure draft for the Carbon Credits and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2026.
💧 An additional 43.7 gigalitres of groundwater extraction is about to test the limits of environmental approvals in Western Australia.
🌳 According to the BCT’s 2018–2025 impact report, private land now accounts for nearly 40% of all new protected areas in New South Wales.
Generative AI has compressed years of material science research into a six-month sprint for PFAS remediation. Kemira and CuspAI have successfully utilised generative AI to identify novel metal-organic frameworks designed to capture PFAS from drinking and process water.
🌍 Your carbon offset calculations might be missing everything below 30 centimetres. A new international review led by The University of Western Australia has revealed that deep soil holds a massive, overlooked carbon reservoir.
🔬 4,240 marine samples have just challenged a national regulatory suspension in Tasmania. The Tasmanian EPA has released a major environmental risk assessment on the antibiotic florfenicol at southern salmon farms.
800,000 cubic metres of capital dredging, cleared without a formal Part IV environmental assessment. The Western Australian EPA has determined that a major $50 million Pilbara Ports proposal to create an emergency navigation bypass channel at Port Hedland will not require formal
A $6.9 million retrospective bill proves that purchasing clean quarry rock for site operations can still trigger substantial waste levies. The Victorian Supreme Court has handed down a major decision upholding the position of EPA Victoria against Cleanaway. The court ruled that N
The way environmental assessments are submitted to regulators is under significant pressure to change. The 2026 to 2027 Federal Budget has just allocated over $500 million to implement the EPBC Act reforms and establish the independent National Environmental Protection Agency. A
The UK design-and-construct model that scaled to 3,000 staff is coming to Australia. Global engineering consultancy Mott MacDonald is acquiring Australian civil contractor Leed Engineering & Construction. This merges top-tier engineering design with a 350-strong national construc