The Queensland government has offered a total of $93 million in grants to proponents of 21 nature-based greenhouse gas abatement projects, including five proposed by carbon offsets company GreenCollar.
A new Western Australian pilot program will provide state government funding to projects that create carbon credits by protecting biodiversity in national parks and reserves.
A federal committee is investigating why businesses are largely ignoring five ERF energy efficiency methods, and whether two others designed to prevent clearing are sufficiently robust.
A freeze on land-based ERF projects in Western Australia will end if new state government proposals are accepted, allowing pastoralists to earn money from revegetation.
The Clean Energy Regulator has approved one of Australia's largest carbon businesses to earn credits through a new energy project, and has also approved a project by one of the country's largest agribusinesses.