Footnotes


Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        See www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/ccea/24March2011/index.htm.

[2]        House of Representatives Standing Committee on Climate Change, Environment and the Arts, Advisory Report on Bills referred 24 March 2011, available: www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/ccea/24March2011/report/CCEA%20Final%2017%20May%202011.pdf (accessed 23 May 2011). 

[3]        United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Kyoto Protocol, available: http://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol/items/2830.php (accessed 6 May 2011).

[4]        UNFCCC, Kyoto Protocol, available: http://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol/items/2830.php (accessed 6 May 2011).

[5]        UNFCCC, Status of ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, available: http://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol/status_of_ratification/items/2613.php (accessed 6 May 2011). 

[6]        Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (DCCEE), More about the Kyoto Protocol, available: www.climatechange.gov.au/government/initiatives/kyoto/kyoto-protocol-detail.aspx (accessed 6 May 2011). 

[7]        DCCEE, Progress of the Kyoto Protocol, available: www.climatechange.gov.au/government/initiatives/kyoto/progress.aspx (accessed 6 May 2011). 

[8]        DCCEE, How the Kyoto Protocol works, available: www.climatechange.gov.au/government/initiatives/kyoto/kyoto-protocol-works.aspx (accessed 6 May 2011).

[9]        DCCEE, How the Kyoto Protocol works, available: www.climatechange.gov.au/government/initiatives/kyoto/kyoto-protocol-works.aspx (accessed 6 May 2011). 

[10]      UNFCCC, Kyoto Protocol, available: http://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol/items/2830.php (accessed 6 May 2011) and DCCEE, How the Kyoto Protocol works, available: www.climatechange.gov.au/government/initiatives/kyoto/kyoto-protocol-works.aspx (accessed 6 May 2011).

[11]      DCCEE, How the Kyoto Protocol works, available: www.climatechange.gov.au/government/initiatives/kyoto/kyoto-protocol-works.aspx (accessed 6 May 2011).

[12]      UNFCCC, Kyoto Protocol, available: http://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol/items/2830.php (accessed 6 May 2011). 

[13]      Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 15. 

[14]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 15. 

[15]      Throughout this report the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011 is simply referred to as "the bill", whereas the Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Bill 2011 is referred to as the "ANREU bill" and the Carbon Credits (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011 is referred to as the "Consequential Amendments bill".

[16]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3. 

[17]      DCCEE, Carbon Farming Initiative: Preliminary estimates of abatement discussion paper, April 2011, available: www.climatechange.gov.au/~/media/publications/carbon-farming-initative/CFI-Preliminary-estimates-of-abatement.pdf (accessed 6 May 2011), p. 5. 

[18]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3. 

[19]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, clause 3 and Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.   

[20]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, pp 11–13. 

[21]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, subclause 55(1). 

[22]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, subclause 55(5).

[23]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 14. 

[24]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 11. 

[25]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 9. 

[26]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, clause 11.

[27]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, subclause 11(1). 

[28]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, clause 15. 

[29]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, clause 10. 

[30]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, subclauses 16(2), 17(2)–(3). 

[31]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, subclauses 16(2)–(4). 

[32]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, clause 18 and Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 13. 

[33]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, clause 69. 

[34]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, clauses 145–147. 

[35]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, clauses 53–55.

[36]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, subclause 23(1).

[37]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, paragraph 23(1)(f).

[38]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, paragraph 23(1)(g). 

[39]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, subclause 27(2).

[40]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, subclause 27(4). 

[41]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 14. 

[42]      Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (DCCEE), Answer to question on notice, 19 May 2011 (received 25 May 2011). 

[43]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, pp 53–56. 

[44]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 53. 

[45]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, subclause 41(3). 

[46]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 53. 

[47]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 53. 

[48]      Eremophila is a genus of Australian native plants commonly known as "emu bush" or "poverty bush". 

[49]      DCCEE, Answer to question on notice, 19 May 2011 (received 25 May 2011). 

[50]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, paragraph 87(1)(a). 

[51]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, clause 86.

[52]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 66. 

[53]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, clause 97.

[54]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 69.

[55]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 69.

[56]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 47. 

[57]      Senator the Hon Joe Ludwig, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, and the Hon Mark Drefus QC MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, 'Australia's first carbon farming projects a step closer', press release, 25 May 2011. 

[58]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, subclause 106(4). 

[59]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, clause 123. 

[60]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, clause 43. 

[61]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, subclause 43(9) and clause 46.

[62]      Ms Maya Stuart-Fox, Assistant Secretary, Carbon Farming Policy Branch, Land Division, DCCEE, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 77.

[63]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, clause 40. 

[64]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, clause 76.

[65]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, subclauses 76(3) and (4).

[66]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, clause 83. 

[67]      The Scrutiny of Bills Committee has raised concerns regarding the civil penalties in the bill. See Alert Digest No. 4 of 2011, pp 12–15. 

[68]      Australian National Registry of Emissions Units (ANREU) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3. 

[69]      ANREU Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3. 

[70]      ANREU Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3. 

[71]      ANREU Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3. 

[72]      ANREU Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 4. 

[73]      ANREU Bill 2011, clause 9. 

[74]      ANREU Bill 2011, subclauses 9(3) and (4).

[75]      ANREU Bill 2011, subclause 10(1). 

[76]      ANREU Bill 2011, subclauses 10(2) and (3). 

[77]      ANREU Bill 2011, subclause 10(4). 

[78]      ANREU Bill 2011, subclause 10(6). 

[79]      ANREU Bill 2011, subclause 17(1).

[80]      ANREU Bill 2011, subclauses 17(2) and (3).

[81]      ANREU Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 11. 

[82]      ANREU Bill 2011, subclause 31(2).

[83]      ANREU Bill 2011, clause 38.

[84]      ANREU Bill 2011, clause 34. 

[85]      ANREU Bill 2011, clauses 50–52. 

[86]      ANREU Bill 2011, subclause 61(1).

[87]      ANREU Bill 2011, subclause 61(3).

[88]      ANREU Bill 2011, part 6. 

[89]      Carbon Credits (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011, items 1, 2, 3 and 4.

[90]      Carbon Credits (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 8.

[91]      Carbon Credits (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 9. 

[92]      Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (DCCEE), Australian National Greenhouse Accounts: National Inventory by Economic Sector 2009, available: www.climatechange.gov.au/~/media/publications/greenhouse-acctg/national-inventory-by-economic-sector-2009.pdf (accessed 6 May 2011), p. 1. 

[93]      According to Kyoto accounting under the Kyoto Protocol, 'afforestation' and 'reforestation' refer to new forests established by direct human action on land that was not forested on 1 January 1990 (see DCCEE, Deforestation and Forestry emissions projects 2010, available: www.climatechange.gov.au/~/media/publications/projections/deforestration-and-forestry-emissions-projections-2010.pdf (accessed 6 May 2011), p. 1).

[94]      DCCEE, Australian National Greenhouse Accounts: National Inventory by Economic Sector 2009, available: www.climatechange.gov.au/~/media/publications/greenhouse-acctg/national-inventory-by-economic-sector-2009.pdf (accessed 6 May 2011), p. 1. 

[95]      Professor Ross Garnaut, The Garnaut Climate Change Review: Final report, 2008, available: www.garnautreview.org.au/index.htm (accessed 9 May 2011). 

[96]      Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), An analysis of greenhouse gas mitigation and carbon biosequestration opportunities from rural land use, August 2009, available: www.csiro.au/files/files/prdz.pdf (accessed 9 May 2011), p. 12. 

[97]      Professor Ross Garnaut, Garnaut Climate Change Review Update 2011: Transforming rural land use, available: www.garnautreview.org.au/update-2011/update-papers/up4-transforming-rural-land-use.pdf (accessed 9 May 2011), p. 22. 

[98]      CSIRO, An analysis of greenhouse gas mitigation and carbon biosequestration opportunities from rural land use, August 2009, available: www.csiro.au/files/files/prdz.pdf (accessed 9 May 2011), p. 12. 

[99]      CSIRO, An analysis of greenhouse gas mitigation and carbon biosequestration opportunities from rural land use, August 2009, available: www.csiro.au/files/files/prdz.pdf (accessed 9 May 2011), p. 12. 

[100]    Professor Ross Garnaut, Garnaut Climate Change Review Update 2011: Transforming rural land use, available: www.garnautreview.org.au/update-2011/update-papers/up4-transforming-rural-land-use.pdf (accessed 9 May 2011), p. 24.

[101]    The Hon Mr Malcolm Turnbull MP, Leader of the Opposition, 'Green Carbon Initiative', press release, 24 January 2009.

[102]    The Hon Mr Malcolm Turnbull MP, Leader of the Opposition, 'Green Carbon Initiative', press release, 24 January 2009.

[103]    DCCEE, Carbon Farming Initiative: Preliminary estimates of abatement discussion paper, April 2011, available: www.climatechange.gov.au/~/media/publications/carbon-farming-initative/CFI-Preliminary-estimates-of-abatement.pdf (accessed 6 May 2011), p. 5. 

[104]    DCCEE, Carbon Farming Initiative: Preliminary estimates of abatement discussion paper, April 2011, available: www.climatechange.gov.au/~/media/publications/carbon-farming-initative/CFI-Preliminary-estimates-of-abatement.pdf (accessed 6 May 2011), p. 3. 

[105]    DCCEE, Carbon Farming Initiative: Preliminary estimates of abatement discussion paper, April 2011, available: www.climatechange.gov.au/~/media/publications/carbon-farming-initative/CFI-Preliminary-estimates-of-abatement.pdf (accessed 6 May 2011), p. 3. 

[106]    DCCEE, Carbon Farming Initiative: Preliminary estimates of abatement discussion paper, April 2011, available: www.climatechange.gov.au/~/media/publications/carbon-farming-initative/CFI-Preliminary-estimates-of-abatement.pdf (accessed 6 May 2011), p. 4. 

[107]    Article 3.4 of the Kyoto Protocol excludes net changes in greenhouse gas emissions by sources and removals by sinks which are not the result of direct human-induced land-use change and forestry activities (afforestation, reforestation and deforestation) since 1990 from being used to meet a country's Kyoto emissions reduction commitment. 

[108]    Dr Phil Polglase, Research Program Leader, Agriculture and Forest Ecosystems, CSIRO, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, pp 4–5. 

[109]    Ms Shayleen Thompson, First Assistant Secretary, Land Division, DCCEE, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 76.

[110]    Ms Shayleen Thompson, First Assistant Secretary, Land Division, DCCEE, Proof Committee Hansard d, 20 April 2011, p. 94. 

[111]    Ms Shayleen Thompson, First Assistant Secretary, Land Division, DCCEE, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 78. 

[112]    DCCEE, Carbon Farming Initiative: Preliminary estimates of abatement discussion paper, April 2011, available: www.climatechange.gov.au/~/media/publications/carbon-farming-initative/CFI-Preliminary-estimates-of-abatement.pdf (accessed 6 May 2011), p. 5. 

[113]    Dr Phil Polglase, Research Program Leader, Agriculture and Forest Ecosystems, CSIRO, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, pp 4–5. 

[114]    Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 8. 

[115]    Ms Shayleen Thompson, First Assistant Secretary, Land Division, DCCEE, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 74. 

[116]    See for example Australian Plantation Products and Paper Industry Council (A3P), Submission 17, p. 2; Australian Industry Greenhouse Network, Submission 21, p. 1; National Farmers' Federation, Submission 39, pp 8-9; National Association of Forest Industries (now the Australian Forest Products Association), Submission 41, p. 2; NSW Farmers Association, Submission 45, pp 6–7; Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management, Submission 53, p. 2; Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, Submission 55, pp 4–5; The Climate Institute, Submission 64, p. 6. 

[117]    Australian Plantation Products and Paper Industry Council (A3P), Submission 17, p. 2. 

[118]    Mr Paul Morris, Deputy Executive Director, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES), Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 8. 

[119]    Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 11. 

[120]    Multi-Party Climate Change Committee, Communiqué, 21 December 2010, available: www.climatechange.gov.au/government/initiatives/multi-party-committee/meetings/third-meeting/communique.aspx (accessed 28 April 2011). 

Chapter 2 - Integrity standards

[1]        Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, pp 53–56. 

[2]        Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 53.

[3]        Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, subclause 41(3). 

[4]        Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 53. 

[5]        Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 53. 

[6]        See for example NSW Farmers Association, Submission 45, p. 18; National Indigenous Climate Change Coalition (NICCC), Submission 47, p. 2; and Kimberley Land Council (KLC), Submission 60, p. 6. 

[7]        Carbon Farmers of Australia and the Carbon Farming and Trading Association (CFTA), Submission 29, p. 3. 

[8]        Mr Michael Kiely, Chairman, CFTA, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 20.

[9]        NICCC, Submission 47, p. 2. 

[10]      NICCC, Submission 47, p. 2. 

[11]      Mr Nathan Males, Chief Executive Officer, Tasmanian Land Conservancy, Conservation Land Trusts Alliance, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 51.

[12]      Mr Michael and Mrs Louise Kiely, CFTA, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, pp 20–21. 

[13]      Mr Michael Kiely, Chairman, CFTA, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 21. 

[14]      Australian Network of Environmental Defender's Offices (ANEDO), Submission 8, p. 3. 

[15]      NSW Farmers Association, Submission 45, p. 18. 

[16]      NSW Farmers Association, Submission 45, p. 18. 

[17]      Australian Plantation Products and Paper Industry Association (A3P), Submission 17, p. 5. 

[18]      A3P, Submission 17, p. 5. 

[19]      See Mr Allan Hansard, Acting Chief Executive Officer, Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA), Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 13; Mr Richard Stanton, Chief Executive Officer, A3P, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 13; and A3P, Submission 17, p. 5.

[20]      Greenpeace Australia Pacific, Submission 20, p. 3. 

[21]      ANEDO, Submission 8, p. 3. 

[22]      Ms Shayleen Thompson, First Assistant Secretary, Land Division, DCCEE, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, pp 76–77. 

[23]      Ms Shayleen Thompson, First Assistant Secretary, Land Division, DCCEE, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 78. 

[24]      DCCEE, Answers to questions on notice, 20 April 2011 (received 6 May 2011), p. 10. 

[25]      DCCEE, Answers to questions on notice, 20 April 2011 (received 6 May 2011), p. 10. 

[26]      Ms Margaret Blakers, Director, Green Institute, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 59.

[27]      National Association of Forest Industries (NAFI), Submission 41, p. 4.

[28]      Mr Nathan Males, Chief Executive Officer, Tasmanian Land Conservancy, Conservation Land Trusts Alliance, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 51.

[29]      AUSVEG, Submission 51, p. 7. 

[30]      Ms Shayleen Thompson, First Assistant Secretary, Land Division, DCCEE, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, pp 74–75. 

[31]      DCCEE, Answer to question on notice, 19 May 2011 (received 25 May 2011). 

[32]      Scrutiny of Bills Committee, Alert Digest No. 4 of 2011, 11 May 2011, p. 10. 

[33]      Scrutiny of Bills Committee, Alert Digest No. 4 of 2011, 11 May 2011, p. 10. 

[34]      Ms Shayleen Thompson, First Assistant Secretary, Land Division, DCCEE, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, pp 76–77. 

[35]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, subclause 41(2). 

[36]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, paragraph 87(1)(a). 

[37]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, clause 86.

[38]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 66.

[39]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, clause 97.

[40]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 69.

[41]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 68. 

[42]      See for example Mr Michael Kiely, Chairman, CFTA, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 21; AUSVEG, Submission 51, p. 8; and Mr David Eyre, NSW Farmers Association, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 27.

[43]      See Mr Paul Winn, Greenpeace Australia Pacific, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 57 and ANEDO, Submission 8, p. 4. 

[44]      Mr Michael Kiely, Chairman, CFTA, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 21. 

[45]      Mr Michael Kiely, Chairman, CFTA, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 21. 

[46]      AUSVEG, Submission 51, p. 3. 

[47]      AUSVEG, Submission 51, p. 8. 

[48]      Mr Andrew Grant, Chief Executive Officer, CO2 Group Ltd, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 72. 

[49]      Climate Institute, Submission 64, p. 6. 

[50]      Mr Paul Winn, Greenpeace Australia Pacific, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 57. 

[51]      ANEDO, Submission 8, p. 4. 

[52]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 68. 

[53]      NSW Farmers Association, Submission 45, p. 23. 

[54]      NSW Farmers Association, Submission 45, p. 23. 

[55]      Mr Andrew Grant, Chief Executive Officer, CO2 Group Ltd, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 70. 

[56]      ANEDO, Submission 8, p. 12. 

[57]      ANEDO, Submission 8, p. 12. 

[58]      Greenpeace Australia Pacific, Submission 20, p. 2. 

[59]      Greenpeace Australia Pacific, Submission 20, p. 2. 

[60]      Mr Michael Kiely, Chairman, CFTA, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 22. 

[61]      Mr Michael Kiely, Chairman, CFTA, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 22. 

[62]      Ms Maya Stuart-Fox, Assistant Secretary, Carbon Farming Policy Branch, Land Division, DCCEE, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 90. 

Chapter 3 - Promoting co-benefits and avoiding adverse impacts

[1]        Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 7. 

[2]        Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 14. 

[3]        Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 53.

[4]        Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, subparagraph 168(1)(o)(i). 

[5]        Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 7. 

[6]        Mr Andrew Macintosh, Associate Director, Centre for Climate Law and Policy, Australian National University (ANU), Submission 46, p. 3. 

[7]        Mr Nathan Males, Chief Executive Officer, Tasmanian Land Conservancy, Conservation Land Trusts Alliance, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 51. 

[8]        Carbon Farmers of Australia and the Carbon Farming and Trading Association, Submission 29, pp 29-30. 

[9]        Carbon Farmers of Australia and the Carbon Farming and Trading Association, Submission 29, p. 7. 

[10]      Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, Submission 55, p. 9. 

[11]      Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, Submission 55, p. 9. 

[12]      Centrefarm Aboriginal Horticulture Ltd, Submission 48, p. 2. 

[13]      Centrefarm Aboriginal Horticulture Ltd, Submission 48, p. 3. 

[14]      Centrefarm Aboriginal Horticulture Ltd, Submission 48, p. 3. 

[15]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 14. 

[16]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 9. 

[17]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 14. 

[18]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 14. 

[19]      See for example Mr Allan Hansard, Acting Chief Executive Officer, Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA), Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 11; Australian Plantation Products and Paper Industry Council (A3P), Submission 17, p. 1; Australian Industry Greenhouse Network (AIGN), Submission 21, p. 3;

[20]      See for example Mr Andrew Macintosh, Associate Director, Centre for Climate Law and Policy, ANU, Submission 46, p. 4 and ANEDO, Submission 8, p. 10; A3P, Submission 17, p. 1.

[21]      See for example WWF-Australia, Submission 44, p. 7. 

[22]      See Mr Allan Hansard, Acting Chief Executive Officer, AFPA, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 11 and A3P, Submission 17, p. 1.

[23]      A3P, Submission 17, pp 2–3. 

[24]      Mr Andrew Macintosh, Associate Director, Centre for Climate Law and Policy, ANU, Submission 46, p. 3. 

[25]      Mr Andrew Macintosh, Associate Director, Centre for Climate Law and Policy, ANU, Submission 46, p. 3. Mr Macintosh referred to Part 3, section 25 of the EPBC Act.

[26]      ANEDO, Submission 8, p. 10. 

[27]      WWF-Australia, Submission 44, p. 2. 

[28]      Ms Margaret Blakers, Director, Green Institute, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 59.

[29]      Ms Margaret Blakers, Director, Green Institute, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 59.

[30]      Green Institute, Submission 7, pp 4–5. 

[31]      Green Institute, Submission 7, pp 4–5. 

[32]      Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (DCCEE), Answer to question on notice, 20 April 2011 (received 6 May 2011), pp 10­–11.

[33]      DCCEE, Answer to question on notice, 19 May 2011 (received 25 May 2011). 

[34]      Ms Shayleen Thompson, First Assistant Secretary, Land Division, DCCEE, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 80. 

[35]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, paragraphs 23(1)(g), 29(3)(f) and (h) and clause 83. 

[36]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 7. 

[37]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 7. 

[38]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, clause 306. 

[39]      Mr Charles McElhone, Manager, Economics and Trade, National Farmers' Federation (NFF), Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 26 and NSW Farmers Association, Submission 45, p. 8. 

[40]      Mr David Eyre, Policy Manager, NSW Farmers Association, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 31. 

[41]      Mr Tim Power, Senior Forester, Greenfleet, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 71. 

[42]      Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, Submission 55, p. 7.

[43]      Miss Claire Parkes, Senior Policy Analyst, Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, House of Representatives Standing Committee on Climate Change, Environment and the Arts, Proof Committee Hansard, 3 May 2011, p. 40.

[44]      Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, Submission 55, p. 10.

[45]      Caring for our Country, What is natural resource management?, available: www.nrm.gov.au/nrm/index.html (accessed 23 May 2011). 

Chapter 4 - Other issues

[1]        Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 37. 

[2]        Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 40. 

[3]        National Native Title Tribunal (NNTT), personal communication, 8 April 2011. 

[4]        NNTT, personal communication, 8 April 2011. 

[5]        See NSW Aboriginal Land Council, Submission 24; Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation, Submission 31; National Indigenous Climate Change Coalition (NICCC), Submission 47; Centrefarm Aboriginal Horticulture Ltd, Submission 48; National Indigenous Climate Change Project Team, Submission 50; Kimberley Land Council (KLC), Submission 60; and Northern Territory Government, Submission 30.

[6]        Mr Warren Mundine, Director, National Native Title Council (NNTC), Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 43.

[7]        Mr Warren Mundine, Director, NNTC, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 43.

[8]        NNTC, Submission 38, pp 3–4.

[9]        Mr David Yarrow, NNTC, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 44. 

[10]      KLC, Submission 60, pp 3 and 4. 

[11]      The Hon Mr Colin Barnett MLA, Premier of Western Australia, correspondence, 10 May 2011. 

[12]      The Hon Mr Colin Barnett MLA, Premier of Western Australia, correspondence, 10 May 2011. 

[13]      Mr Parry Agius, Director, NNTC, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 45 and Mr Warren Mundine, Director, NNTC, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 45. 

[14]      Mr Parry Agius, Director, NNTC, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 45. 

[15]      Mr Parry Agius, Director, NNTC, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 45. 

[16]      Mr Parry Agius, Director, NNTC, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 45. 

[17]      Centrefarm Aboriginal Horticulture Ltd, Submission 48, p. 3. 

[18]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 37. 

[19]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 40. 

[20]      See for example Australian Plantation Products and Paper Industry Council (A3P), Submission 17, p. 2; Australian Industry Greenhouse Network (AIGN), Submission 21, p. 1; National Farmers' Federation (NFF), Submission 39, pp 8–9; National Association of Forest Industries (NAFI, now the Australian Forest Products Association), Submission 41, p. 2; NSW Farmers Association, Submission 45, pp 6–7; Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management, Submission 53, p. 2; Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, Submission 55, pp 4–5; Climate Institute, Submission 64, p. 6. 

[21]      A3P, Submission 17, p. 2. 

[22]      Mr David Eyre, Policy Manager, NSW Farmers Association, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 30. 

[23]      AIGN, Submission 21, p. 1. 

[24]      AIGN, Submission 21, p. 2. 

[25]      Mr Paul Morris, Deputy Executive Director, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES), Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 7. 

[26]      Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management, Submission 53, p. 2.

[27]      Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management, Submission 53, p. 2.

[28]      Mr Alan Hansard, Acting Chief Executive, Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA), Proof Committee Hansard, 20 April 2011, p. 11. 

[29]      Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, Submission 55, p. 4. 

[30]      Carbon Credits (CFI) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 11.