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Policy
Australia
2024
Future Made in Australia - Attracting Investment in Key Industries
…the Future Made in Australia plan, the Australian government announced AUD 68 million in spending on measures to attract investment in key industries. Specifically, this measures allocates: AUD 54.7 million towards the administration, coordination and promotion of the Future Made in Australia agenda. AUD 11.4 million towards the creation and management of a National Interest Account within the government's export credit agency, Export Finance Australia, to support domestic projects consistent with the Future Made in Australia National Interest Framework.AUD 1.9 million to carry out an independent review of the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Act of…
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Policy
Australia
2020
Renewable energy zones in Australia
Renewable energy zones (REZs) aim to aggregate several renewable energy generators and storage facilities in a single location to benefit from economies of scale and favourable local resource and investment conditions. State governments across Australia, including New South Wales (NSW), Victoria and Queensland, have committed to developing REZs, and their respective governments have already begun consultation processes with regional stakeholders to optimise the local benefits of each project. For example, the NSW government expects that the REZs will deliver a sizeable pipeline of large-scale renewable energy and storage projects, in addition to bringing up to AUD 20.7 billion…
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Policy
Australia
2014
Supporting High Value Australian Renewable Energy (SHARE) Initiative
The SHARE initiative is the first stage in ARENA’s knowledge sharing function. It was established to build on the store of publicly-available knowledge about renewable energy technologies and approaches that are best suited to Australia. Industry may apply for funding to undertake studies, or to create knowledge products that align with ARENA’s priorities. ARENA is seeking industry applications for projects to close knowledge gaps in 3 priority areas: understanding renewable energy potential grid integration international engagement. Applications for SHARE project funding can be made via the Emerging Renewables Program.
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Policy
Australia
2010
Residential Net Feed-in Tariff for Western Australia
The Western Australian feed-in tariff provides a net tariff of AUD 0.40 cents per kilowatt hour for electricity generated by solar PV, wind or microhydro systems and exported to the electricity grid. The scheme is available to residential applicants only (home owners), who will receive payments for 10 years. It is administered by the Government-owned utilities, Synergy and Horizon Power. Installed system size is limited to 5 kW for Synergy customers and 30 kW in total for Horizon Power customers. The scheme was suspended to new applicants on 1 August 2011. From 1 July 2011 the tariff…
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Policy
Australia
2012
Building Code of Australia (Residential Building)
…series is a uniform set of technical provisions for the design and construction of buildings and other structures throughout Australia, which allows for variations in climate and geological or geographic conditions.
Volume Two: contains the Energy Efficiency requirements (among others) for residential and Class 10 (non-habitable) buildings and structures.
The goal of the NCC is to enable the achievement of nationally consistent, minimum necessary standards of relevant safety (including structural safety and safety from fire), health, amenity and sustainability objectives efficiently.
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Policy
Australia
2013
Building Code of Australia (Residential Building)
NCC 2013 Complete Series contains NCC 2013 Volumes One, Two, Three and The Guide. The series is a uniform set of technical provisions for the design and construction of buildings and other structures throughout Australia, which allows for variations in climate and geological or geographic conditions.
Volume Two: contains the Energy Efficiency requirements (among others) for residential and Class 10 (non-habitable) buildings and structures.
The goal of the NCC is to enable the achievement of nationally consistent, minimum necessary standards of relevant safety (including structural safety and safety from fire), health, amenity and sustainability objectives efficiently. -
Policy
Australia
2014
Building Code of Australia (Residential Building)
NCC 2014 Complete Series contains NCC 2014 Volumes One, Two, Three and The Guide. The series is a uniform set of technical provisions for the design and construction of buildings and other structures throughout Australia, which allows for variations in climate and geological or geographic conditions.
Volume Two: contains the Energy Efficiency requirements (among others) for residential and Class 10 (non-habitable) buildings and structures.
The goal of the NCC is to enable the achievement of nationally consistent, minimum necessary standards of relevant safety (including structural safety and safety from fire), health, amenity and sustainability objectives efficiently. -
Policy
Australia
2016
Building Code of Australia (Residential Building)
NCC 2016 Complete Series contains NCC 2016 Volumes One, Two, Three and The Guide. The series is a uniform set of technical provisions for the design and construction of buildings and other structures throughout Australia, which allows for variations in climate and geological or geographic conditions.
Volume Two: contains the Energy Efficiency requirements (among others) for residential and Class 10 (non-habitable) buildings and structures.
The goal of the NCC is to enable the achievement of nationally consistent, minimum necessary standards of relevant safety (including structural safety and safety from fire), health, amenity and sustainability objectives efficiently. -
Policy
Australia
2012
Building Code of Australia (Multi-Occupancy Buildings)
The National Construction Code (NCC) is an initiative of the Council of Australian Governments developed to incorporate all on-site construction requirements into a single code.
The NCC is produced and maintained by the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) on behalf of the Australian Government and each State and Territory government.
It is a uniform set of technical provisions for the design and construction of buildings and other structures, and plumbing and drainage systems throughout Australia. It allows for variations in climate and geological or geographic conditions
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Policy
Australia
2013
Building Code of Australia (Multi-Occupancy Buildings)
The National Construction Code (NCC) is an initiative of the Council of Australian Governments developed to incorporate all on-site construction requirements into a single code.
The NCC is produced and maintained by the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) on behalf of the Australian Government and each State and Territory government.
It is a uniform set of technical provisions for the design and construction of buildings and other structures, and plumbing and drainage systems throughout Australia. It allows for variations in climate and geological or geographic conditions
NCC 2011 Complete Series contains NCC 2011 Volumes One, Two, Three and The…