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Standard & Poor’s held liable for investor’s loss in Australia

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • Australia, United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 7 2013

On 5 November 2012 judgment was given by the Federal Court of Australia in favour of 12 local councils, who sought to recover losses suffered after

Australia likely to introduce carbon tax in July 2012

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • June 6 2011

Australia is likely to persist with a carbon tax from July 2012 despite a new poll revealing increasing public opposition

Australia’s first large-scale geothermal plant edges closer

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • June 6 2011

A 3.75MW geothermal plant in Paralana, northern South Australia, could be online by the end of 2012

Green tax incentives delayed

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • June 6 2011

The Australian Government will delay the implementation of its green investment incentive for retrofitting existing buildings

Australian opposition party unveils rival plan to cut carbon emissions

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • April 18 2010

The main political opposition, the Liberal-National coalition, has unveiled plans to set up an emission reduction fund as part of its climate change policy that does not include an emissions trading scheme

Australia’s Labour Party rejects new nuclear

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • April 18 2010

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced that his government's policy was not to pursue a nuclear power programme, but instead will focus resources on developing carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology

Iron ore production joint venture under scrutiny

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • Australia, European Union
  • -
  • January 28 2010

BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto recently announced a production joint venture, combining the parties' iron ore assets in Western Australia, which is now the subject of a formal competition investigation by the European Commission

South Africa’s Standard Bank to launch a forestry fund in Australia to sell carbon offsets

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • November 16 2009

Reuters reports that the fund will sell carbon offsets to Australian companies that will need to meet emissions reduction targets under the nation’s pending carbon trading laws

Australia’s Labour Government resubmits its Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme bill

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • November 16 2009

The bill was defeated in the Senate in August, but junior climate change minister, Greg Combet, said the bill, which has been the subject of fierce debate, needed to pass before December’s global environment talks in Copenhagen

Australian administration seek mandatory emissions law for new cars

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • July 31 2009

The ambitious plans of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and state premiers are aiming to require vehicle manufacturers to cut CO2 emissions from all new cars