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• ASX through to second-round for Australian carbon exchange
  
• Fire protection company fined over greenhouse gas discharge
  
• Tasmania offers carbon rebates

• CEFC signals $50m investment in regenerative farming
  
• Origin faces multiple shareholder resolutions
  
• ACCU spot price continues upwards

• ARENA to launch $43m industrial energy program
  
• Queensland allocates $60m to boost carbon and environmental markets
  
• Transport agencies launch sustainability program

A new pilot program will enable farmers who plant native species to generate dual income streams in recognition of the biodiversity and carbon abatement benefits.

The federal government will tip an extra $1.8 billion into climate action over 10 years, with a stronger emphasis on hard-to-abate sectors, hydrogen, transport, energy productivity, soil carbon and CCS.

Key industry associations and lobby groups are moving quickly to ensure job-creating clean economy projects feature prominently in stimulus packages.

The Queensland government has launched its $500 million Land Restoration Fund, with $5 million initially on offer.

• Regulator reveals new four-year plan
  
• ATO spells out depreciation rules for carbon sink forests
  
• Tender scheme aims to cut Reef sediment loads

The Coalition says its plan to allocate a tenth of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation's budget for projects that protect the Great Barrier Reef would make it easier for Queensland agribusinesses and utilities to benefit from CEFC support.

• Four more industries gain partial RET exemptions
  
• New EEO regulation lays ground for scheme expansion
  
• New CFI carbon credit determination finalised
  
• Treasury seeks tenders for advisory energy finance panel