This interim report, one of the five productivity inquiries to boost Australia’s productivity, finds that consistent incentives and faster approvals are key to the net zero transformation. It presents draft recommendations focused on: reducing the cost of meeting emissions targets, speeding up approvals for new energy infrastructure and addressing barriers to private investment in adaptation.

The Clean Energy Regulator administers Australian Government emission reduction schemes. The priorities describe the regulator's compliance and enforcement focus for the year ahead. They highlight areas of actual and potential risk to the integrity of the schemes. A strong compliance and enforcement framework is fundamental to maintaining the integrity of the schemes and accelerating carbon...

The Aboriginal land council estate presents a significant opportunity for the New South Wales (NSW) Government to achieve its renewable energy targets. This report outlines a range of practical steps that the NSW Government could take to support land councils in bolstering renewable energy projects across various settings.

The 2024 Climate Change Authority Annual Progress Report made recommendations that addressed the issues of achieving renewable energy targets, maintaining system security and reliability as the share of renewables increases, connecting renewables to the grid more quickly and unlocking more generation and storage at the local level. This report provides further advice on those issues...

The renewable energy transition is well underway in Australia, but the deployment of renewable energy generation, storage and transmission infrastructure needs to accelerate to keep pace with net zero requirements. This report analysed deployment progress to date, build rates and pipeline capacity across Australian jurisdictions to understand how each jurisdiction is tracking towards renewable energy...