Division
The majority agreed to an [amendment](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=CHAMBER;id=chamber%2Fhansards%2Fe89a1618-fea8-466d-ab43-821cf296f483%2F0222;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansards%2Fe89a1618-fea8-466d-ab43-821cf296f483%2F0000%22) that either the [Emissions Reduction Assurance Committee](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1415a/15bd023) (created by this bill) or the [Department of the Environment](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_the_Environment_%28Australia%29) should publish a draft of a [methodology determination](http://www.climatechange.gov.au/reducing-carbon/carbon-farming-initiative/methodologies) and give the public at least two weeks to make submissions on that draft. Currently, the public have at least forty days to make submissions. ###Methodology determinations Methodology determinations are detailed rules that farmers and land managers must follow to earn [carbon credits](http://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/ANREU/Concise-description-of-units/Australian-carbon-credit-units/Pages/default.aspx) for particular carbon reduction activities under the [Carbon Farming Initiative](http://www.daff.gov.au/climatechange/cfi). ###Carbon Farming Initiative The [Carbon Farming Initiative](http://www.daff.gov.au/climatechange/cfi) lets farmers and land managers earn [carbon credits](http://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/ANREU/Concise-description-of-units/Australian-carbon-credit-units/Pages/default.aspx) by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and [storing carbon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_sequestration) in vegetation and soils by changing their agricultural and land management practices. ###Background to the bill The Emissions Reduction Fund is a key part of the Coalition Government's [Direct Action policy](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-12-20/coalition-climate-change-direct-action-policy-explained/5067188), which was an [election commitment](https://www.liberal.org.au/our-plan/envir
Senate, 2014-10-30. affirmative: ayes 34, noes 27.
Question
The majority agreed to an [amendment](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=CHAMBER;id=chamber%2Fhansards%2Fe89a1618-fea8-466d-ab43-821cf296f483%2F0222;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansards%2Fe89a1618-fea8-466d-ab43-821cf296f483%2F0000%22) that either the [Emissions Reduction Assurance Committee](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1415a/15bd023) (created by this bill) or the [Department of the Environment](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_the_Environment_%28Australia%29) should publish a draft of a [methodology determination](http://www.climatechange.gov.au/reducing-carbon/carbon-farming-initiative/methodologies) and give the public at least two weeks to make submissions on that draft. Currently, the public have at least forty days to make submissions. ###Methodology determinations Methodology determinations are detailed rules that farmers and land managers must follow to earn [carbon credits](http://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/ANREU/Concise-description-of-units/Australian-carbon-credit-units/Pages/default.aspx) for particular carbon reduction activities under the [Carbon Farming Initiative](http://www.daff.gov.au/climatechange/cfi). ###Carbon Farming Initiative The [Carbon Farming Initiative](http://www.daff.gov.au/climatechange/cfi) lets farmers and land managers earn [carbon credits](http://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/ANREU/Concise-description-of-units/Australian-carbon-credit-units/Pages/default.aspx) by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and [storing carbon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_sequestration) in vegetation and soils by changing their agricultural and land management practices. ###Background to the bill The Emissions Reduction Fund is a key part of the Coalition Government's [Direct Action policy](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-12-20/coalition-climate-change-direct-action-policy-explained/5067188), which was an [election commitment](https://www.liberal.org.au/our-plan/envir
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