FED Clean Energy Finance Corporation Cannot Invest in Farmland for Carbon Credits

Clean Energy Finance Corporation Amendment (Protecting Australian Farmland) Bill 2026

Opposition Bill

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

House of Representatives

Senate

Assent

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Topics

carbon credits climate change environmental protection farmland forestry land use

Introduced by: Dan Tehan MP (LIB)

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Official page: progress through parliament

Effects of this bill

If this bill passes, it means that:

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation can no longer invest in Australian farmland if the main goal is to create carbon credits through forestry or land regeneration.
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation is also banned from making other farm investments that are listed in the regulations.
The Investment Mandate now includes a rule that bans these farm investments. Any previous directions that conflict with this ban no longer apply.