9 October 2020: The Authority published it third legislative review of the Emissions Reduction Fund.

The Authority is required to review the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) every three years under the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011(Opens in a new tab/window)).  

The Authority’s recommendations build on:

Submissions to the review

The Authority thanks those stakeholders that contributed to the review through participating in consultation and/or written submissions. Public submissions to the review can be found on our website via the consultation page.

Publications

Fact sheet (Word) (PDF)

Final report (Word) (PDF)

CSIRO report (Word) (PDF)

Media release

Further reading

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