The draft Queensland Protected Area Strategy is available online. The closing date for public comment is Friday 24 February 2017.

Three key State planning instruments open for your comment until 10 February.

The Agriculture and Environment Committee recently handed down its report into the Vegetation Management (Reinstatement) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2016 (the VMROLA Bill). The Bill amends the vegetation management framework to reinstate many of the provisions which were in the Vegetation Management Act 1999 prior to the regressive changes made by the former Newman government in 2013.

Barnett has admitted he 'got it wrong' on the solar tariff and reversed his decision!

State owned electricity retailer Synergy has proposed changes to electricity pricing in Western Australia that would see solar rooftop owners charged an extra fixed fee in their electricity bill.