Submissions of 2023

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Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) makes submissions to all levels of government on a range of issues relating to green buildings and sustainable communities.

GBCA has provided comment on the following consultations:

Federal government

February - National Energy Laws Amendment (Emissions Reduction Objectives) Bill

February - National Reconstruction Fund

February - National Energy Performance Strategy

February - Products Guarantee and Renewal Energy Guarantee of Origin

February – Climate-related Financial Disclosure

February – Safeguard Reform Mechanism Reform

March - Feedback to Nature Repair Market Exposure draft of legislation

May - Senate Committee Inquiry into greenwashing

May - Public consultation on framework for Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures 

July - National Health and Climate Strategy Consultation

September - National framework for recycled content traceability

September - Senate Inquiry into residential electrification

November - Australia’s Future Gas Strategy


State and territory government

January - Tasmania's Draft Future Gas Strategy

February - NCC 2022 Implementation in the ACT

March - Future of schools infrastructure in the ACT

April - Regulating for the prevention of new fossil fuel gas network connections in the ACT

September - South Australia’s Energy Future

October - WA Climate Change Bill Explanatory Paper

November - South Australia’s 20 year infrastructure strategy

November - Queensland reducing government infrastructure emissions roadmap


Local government

April - City of Melbourne - Planning Scheme Amendment C376: Sustainable Building Design

September – City of Sydney Draft Resilience Strategy