Home Parliamentary Business Committees Senate Committees Senate Standing Committees on Environment and Communications Completed inquiries and reports Completed inquiries 2010-13 Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011 [Provisions], Carbon Credits (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011 [Provisions] and the Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Bill 2011 [Provisions]

Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011 [Provisions], Carbon Credits (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011 [Provisions] and the Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Bill 2011 [Provisions]

27 May 2011

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Committee membership	(PDF 144KB)

Recommendations	(PDF 157KB)

Abbreviations and acronyms	(PDF 146KB)

Chapter 1 - Introduction	(PDF 387KB)
Conduct of the inquiry Background Overview of the bills Projected abatement of the Carbon Farming Initiative Access to international and domestic carbon markets Issues regarding the bills

Chapter 2 - Integrity standards	(PDF 257KB)
Additionality Permanence

Chapter 3 - Promoting co-benefits and avoiding adverse impacts	(PDF 238KB)
Optimising community and environmental co-benefits Excluded projects Monitoring the scheme's impact

Chapter 4 - Other issues	(PDF 201KB)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land Link between the CFI and a carbon price mechanism

Coalition Senators' Dissenting Report	(PDF 212KB)

Additional Comment from the Australian Greens	(PDF 143KB)

Appendix 1 - Submissions, tabled documents, additional information and answers to questions taken on notice	(PDF 224KB)
Submissions Tabled documents Additional information Answers to questions taken on notice

Appendix 2 - Public hearings	(PDF 150KB)

Appendix 3 - Garnaut Climate Change Review Update 2011 estimates of potential abatement	(PDF 165KB)

Appendix 4 - DCCEE indicative estimates of abatement from the Carbon Farming Initiative	(PDF 154KB)

Appendix 5 - Indicative positive list from Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency*	(PDF 267KB)

Appendix 6 - Indicative negative list from Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency*	(PDF 218KB)

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Senate Standing Committees on Environment and Communications
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Email: ec.sen@aph.gov.au

Phone:	+61 2 6277 3526
Fax:	+61 2 6277 5818
Email:	ec.sen@aph.gov.au