Victoria's climate change laws face a major overhaul

Tom Arup.

Victoria's climate change laws face a major overhaul, with an independent review recommending the state establish new targets to cut emissions, put in place a legally binding charter on government decisions and give the environmental watchdog powers to limit greenhouse gases, among other sweeping reforms.

But the Andrews government, which commissioned the review, has immediately ruled out setting up a state-based emissions trading system or adopting a "shadow carbon price" on government decisions, which were both floated in the review's recommendations

Read Tom Arup’s story in today’s Melbourne Age - “Victorian climate laws face massive overhaul including new emissions targets.”