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Watt’s up: Regulatory round-up – September 2025
Norton Rose Fulbright provides a monthly overview of the key updates to Australian East Coast energy regulation.
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Australian Government releases 2035 target and other national climate policy updates
This week, the Australian Government finally announced its 2035 national emissions reduction target: a 62-70% reduction against 2005 levels by 2035 (2035 Target).
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Significant changes to the NSW planning system announced
Yesterday (17 September), the NSW Government introduced the Environmental Planning and Assessment (Planning System Reforms) Bill 2025 (Bill) in State Parliament. The Bill can be found here.
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Global AI, privacy and cyber insights
Exploring the impact of AI was a key focus at two global conferences held earlier in 2025: the IAPP Global Privacy.
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Carbon dioxide removal: Latest developments
Following the proliferation of emissions reduction targets adopted in recent years, the scale and pace of decarbonisation required to reach net zero by 2050 is becoming clearer, as well as the unique difficulty that hard-to-abate emissions will pose.
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Understanding hydrogen in Indonesia
As a general remark, Indonesia has not, at the date of preparing this summary, issued any regulation on hydrogen production, distribution and trade. It is expected that the upcoming New and Renewable Energy Law will provide a legal framework for the exploitation and utilisation of various new energy sources, including hydrogen.