FED Climate Change Minister Must Share Science Before Setting Carbon Credit Method Rules

Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Amendment Bill 2026

Opposition Bill

22 Jun 2026: MPs in the first house are debating whether this bill is a good idea in principle.

House of Representatives

Senate

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carbon offsets climate policy environmental offsets environmental protection environmental standards government accountability government transparency public consultation regulatory compliance

Introduced by: Alison Penfold MP (NAT)

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Effects of this bill

If this bill passes, it means that:

The Climate Change Minister must not make a methodology determination unless it is fully consistent with the objects of the Act.
The Climate Change Minister must make all relevant documentation, modelling and science available for public consultation before making a determination.
The Climate Change Minister can now act if a determination may not comply with specific requirements; previously this only applied if it did not comply.
The Regulator or Administrator can now act if a determination may not comply with offsets integrity standards; previously this required a failure to comply.
The Climate Change Minister cannot make a methodology determination unless it fits the goals of the Act. The Climate Change Minister must also make all science, modelling, and documents public so people can check them first.
The Climate Change Minister can now act in situations where a determination may not comply with the rules, rather than only when it definitely does not comply.
Decision makers can now act if there is a possibility that offsets integrity standards are not being met, instead of waiting for a confirmed failure to comply.