The Government Has Put Back Start Dates For Farmers To Report Their Climate Change Emissions

The Government has put back start dates for farmers to report their climate change emissions, and for the pricing of agricultural emissions have been pushed back … but the delay is less than a year in both cases. Farm-level emissions reporting requirements will start from the 4th quarter of 2024, rather than the 1st quarter of next year. Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor also announced a split-gas approach, which will treat methane and nitrous oxide as separate to CO2…and a commitment to “set the price at the lowest level possible to meet the reduction goals”. More than $300 million was being invested over four years to get new tools and technology to reduce on-farm emissions to farmers quicker and provide extra on-the-ground support. The National Party has said it would stop agriculture being added to the ETS, and aimed to create an independent board to implement a pricing system for agricultural emissions, by 2030 at the latest.