renewable energy
IndustryReferenced in 7 bills
Revenue and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
This bill implements 2025-26 State Budget measures and makes technical amendments across multiple areas. It extends financial support for first home buyers and employers of apprentices, creates backup tax mechanisms to protect foreign property surcharge revenue, clarifies penalty enforcement rules, validates an electricity authority transfer, and reforms how parliamentary Estimates hearings are chaired.
Electrical Safety and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
This bill modernises Queensland's electrical safety and workplace safety laws. It updates electrical safety definitions to cover new technologies like e-scooters and battery storage systems, strengthens industrial manslaughter laws to protect the public, adds negligence to serious safety offences, and gives safety representatives new powers to photograph and test workplace hazards.
Forest Wind Farm Development Bill 2020
This bill creates a special legal framework to allow a major wind farm to be built in Queensland State forests. It enables up to 226 wind turbines producing 1200 megawatts of renewable energy in the Toolara, Tuan and Neerdie State forests near Gympie, while allowing existing plantation forestry to continue. The bill also fixes unrelated planning issues in the Springfield development area in Ipswich.
Mineral and Energy Resources and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
This bill reforms how Queensland manages the interaction between its resources industry and agricultural landholders. It creates a new framework to protect farmers from coal seam gas subsidence, expands dispute resolution services, modernises the mining rehabilitation insurance scheme, and streamlines regulatory processes across multiple resources laws.
Energy Roadmap Amendment Bill 2025
This bill makes major changes to Queensland's energy policy by repealing legislated renewable energy targets and shifting to a 'market-driven' approach. It renames the Energy (Renewable Transformation and Jobs) Act to the Energy (Infrastructure Facilitation) Act, abolishes three statutory advisory bodies, changes public ownership rules, and creates a new framework for the CopperString transmission project connecting North and North West Queensland to the national grid.
Clean Economy Jobs Bill 2024
This bill puts Queensland's emissions reduction targets into law, committing the state to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2030, 75% by 2035, and reach net zero by 2050. It creates a framework for planning how key industries will reduce emissions, establishes an expert advisory panel, and requires annual progress reports to Parliament.
Planning (Social Impact and Community Benefit) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
This bill introduces a community benefit system requiring developers of major projects to conduct social impact assessments and negotiate community benefit agreements with local governments before lodging development applications. It also streamlines governance and removes planning approval requirements for Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games venues to ensure they are delivered on time.