Norton Rose Fulbright | Australia | 19 May 2015
On Friday 8 May 2015 the Industry Minister, Ian MacFarlane, announced that the Abbott Government had agreed with the Federal Opposition to set the…
Norton Rose Fulbright | Australia | 31 Mar 2015
On 26 March 2015, the Department of the Environment released a Consultation Paper on the Safeguard Mechanism (Consultation Paper). The…
Norton Rose Fulbright | Australia | 31 Oct 2014
The legislation establishing the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) has now been passed by the Senate and its implementation will be commenced by the…
Norton Rose Fulbright | Australia | 20 Oct 2014
On 7 October 2014, Senator Nick Xenophon released a set of amendments to the Carbon Farming Initiative Amendment Bill 2014 (CFI Amendment Bill) and…
Norton Rose Fulbright | Australia | 17 Jul 2014
Earlier today the Government succeeded in its fourth attempt to repeal the carbon price. After a surprising defeat of the legislation in the Senate…
Norton Rose Fulbright | Australia | 10 Jul 2014
In a shock development, the Palmer United Party (PUP) has voted in support of Labor and the Greens to defeat the carbon price repeal legislation. We…
Norton Rose Fulbright | Australia | 19 Jun 2014
On 18 June, the Government tabled the legislation which will implement their Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF). The ERF comprises a Government fund which…
Norton Rose Fulbright | Australia | 28 Apr 2014
The White Paper maintains the Government's previous emphasis that the auction process will be designed to identify the lowest cost emissions…
Norton Rose Fulbright | Australia | 20 Feb 2014
On 17 February 2014 the Australian Government released the much anticipated terms of reference for an additional non-statutory review of the Renewable…