PHOTO: Debate has flared over the Albanese Government’s new reforms around carbon credits.
Farmers groups have given a mixed response to new laws that will force the nation’s biggest greenhouse gas polluters to reduce their emissions or pay for those emissions by purchasing carbon credits.
The Albanese Government has said the so-called Safeguard Mechanism reforms will help Australia reduce its emissions by 43% below 2005 levels and hit net-zero emissions by 2050.
The laws target the nation’s 215 biggest polluting facilities with agriculture with farmers expected on the frontline for those wanting to purchase or use agricultural land as carbon credits…