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• Climate Change Amendment (Duty of Care and Intergenerational Climate Equity) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Aug 2023 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  POCOCK, Sen David 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Climate Change Act 2022

  to: require decision-makers to consider the health and wellbeing of children in Australia when making significant decisions; and require decision-makers not to make significant decisions in relation to the exploration or extraction of coal, oil or natural gas if the decision poses a material risk of harm to the health and wellbeing of children in Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Climate Change Action Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Nov 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MILNE, Sen Christine 

  Summary

  Requires the Australian Government to effect Australia’s obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change by ratifying the Kyoto Protocol. Also sets greenhouse gas emission, renewable energy and energy efficiency targets and prohibits logging in old growth forests. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Climate Change (National Framework for Adaptation and Mitigation) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Oct 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  STEGGALL, Zali, MP 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Climate Change (National Framework for Adaptation and Mitigation) (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2021, the bill: sets a target of achieving net zero emissions by 31 December 2050; aims to reduce net accounting emissions by 60% on 2005 levels by 2030; establishes the Climate Change Commission and provides for its functions, powers, membership and staffing; prescribes a number of guiding principles to which decision makers under the Act must have regard; requires the commission to periodically complete a national climate change assessment (national assessment); requires the minister to prepare a national adaptation plan in response to each national assessment; requires the minister, by legislative instrument, to set an emissions budget for each prescribed emissions budget period; requires the minister to prepare an emissions reduction plan setting out the policies and strategies for meeting each emissions budget; ensures rural and regional Australia shares in the economic benefits from the transition to a net zero emissions economy; and establishes the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Climate Adaptation and Mitigation and provides for its powers, proceedings and functions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Climate Change (National Framework for Adaptation and Mitigation) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Nov 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  STEGGALL, Zali, MP 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Climate Change (National Framework for Adaptation and Mitigation) (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2020, the bill: sets a target of achieving net zero emissions by 31 December 2050; establishes the Climate Change Commission (the commission) and provides for its functions, powers, membership and staffing; prescribes a number of guiding principles to which decision makers under the Act must have regard; requires the commission to periodically complete a national climate change assessment (national assessment); requires the minister to prepare a national adaptation plan in response to each national assessment; requires the minister, by legislative instrument, to set an emissions budget for each prescribed emissions budget period; requires the minister to prepare an emissions reduction plan setting out the policies and strategies for meeting each emissions budget; and establishes the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Climate Adaptation and Mitigation and provides for its powers, proceedings and functions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Climate Change (National Framework for Adaptation and Mitigation) (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Oct 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  STEGGALL, Zali, MP 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Climate Change (National Framework for Adaptation and Mitigation) Bill 2021, the bill: repeals the

  Climate Change Authority Act 2011

  ; and amends the:

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  ,

  Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011

  ,

  Clean Energy Regulator Act 2011

  ,

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  and

  National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007

  to make consequential amendments; and

  Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013

  to require Commonwealth entities to consider the potential risks of climate change when performing functions, duties or exercising powers, and include this information in annual reports. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Climate Change (National Framework for Adaptation and Mitigation) (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Nov 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  STEGGALL, Zali, MP 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Climate Change (National Framework for Adaptation and Mitigation) Bill 2020, the bill: repeals the

  Climate Change Authority Act 2011

  ; and amends the:

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  ,

  Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011

  ,

  Clean Energy Regulator Act 2011

  ,

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  and

  National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007

  to make consequential amendments; and

  Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013

  to require Commonwealth entities to consider the potential risks of climate change when performing functions or duties, or exercising powers, and include this information in annual reports. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Clean Energy Security Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Sep 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  TUCKEY, Wilson, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000

  to: limit the issue of renewable energy certificates to mature renewable energy technologies to one-third of the total certificates issued; and provide for the creation of certificates for building efficient long distance transmission systems. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Environment 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 11 bills to remove the carbon pricing mechanism, the bill: repeals the six Acts which established the carbon pricing mechanism; amends 13 Acts to make amendments consequent on the repeals; enables the payment and future enforcement of carbon tax liabilities for the 2012-13 and 2013-14 financial years; amends the:

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to: prohibit carbon tax-related price exploitation and false or misleading representations about the carbon tax repeal; and provide the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission with additional price monitoring powers in relation to the repeal;

  Clean Energy (Consequential Amendments) Act 2011

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to remove the conservation tillage tax offset; and

  Australian Renewable Energy Agency Act 2011

  to change the future funding for the agency; and repeals the

  Steel Transformation Plan Act 2011

  to cease carbon tax-related assistance to steel industry businesses. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Nov 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Environment 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 11 bills to remove the carbon pricing mechanism, the bill: repeals the six Acts which established the carbon pricing mechanism; amends 13 Acts to make amendments consequent on the repeals; enables the payment and future enforcement of carbon tax liabilities for the 2012-13 and 2013-14 financial years; amends the:

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to: prohibit carbon tax-related price exploitation and false or misleading representations about the carbon tax repeal; and provide the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission with additional price monitoring powers in relation to the repeal;

  Clean Energy (Consequential Amendments) Act 2011

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to remove the conservation tillage tax offset; and

  Australian Renewable Energy Agency Act 2011

  to change the future funding for the agency; and repeals the

  Steel Transformation Plan Act 2011

  to cease carbon tax-related assistance to steel industry businesses. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Clean Energy Finance Corporation Amendment (Grid Reliability Fund) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Aug 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Science, Energy and Resources 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Clean Energy Finance Corporation Act 2012

  to establish the $1 billion Grid Reliability Fund to support investments in new energy generation, storage and transmission infrastructure, including eligible projects shortlisted under the Underwriting New Generation Investments program. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum