Bill
Carbon Credits and Other Legislation Amendment (Integrity and Transparency) Bill 2026
before parliament, as at 2026-09-17. Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2026-08-20
- second reading — 2026-08-20
- second reading — 2026-09-16
- other — 2026-09-17
- second reading — 2026-09-17
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2026-08-20.
The bill would tighten rules and oversight for Australia's main carbon offset, greenhouse gas reporting and vehicle efficiency schemes.
It would replace an existing emissions committee with a new independent body, give native title claimants consent rights over carbon projects, and shift government carbon credit purchasing from the regulator to a department secretary.
The bill would let the minister stop carbon credits being issued under methods that face serious integrity risks, and change the purchasing principle from 'least cost' to 'value for money'.
- Reforms the Australian Carbon Credit Unit Scheme's governance and consent processes.
- Overhauls the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Scheme's integrity and transparency.
- Fixes a timing issue in the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard's compliance rules.
Landholders including farmers and First Nations communities, businesses, vehicle suppliers, industrial facilities, and the Clean Energy Regulator.
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