Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Green Paper

The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Green Paper canvassed options and preferred approaches on issues, such as which industry sectors would be covered and how emission caps would be set. It also included ways to address the impacts on Australian households, emissions-intensive trade-exposed industries and other strongly affected sectors.

Corrigenda

• Corrigenda and addenda to the printed version of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Green Paper (RTF - 90KB)

Summary

• Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Green Paper Summary (PDF 908 KB)

Individual chapters

• Foreword (PDF 273 KB)
• Summary (PDF 1123 KB)
• Acronyms (PDF 760 KB)
• Summary of Preferred Positions (PDF 682 KB)
• Chapter 1 - A Framework for the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (PDF 1107 KB)
• Chapter 2 - Coverage (PDF 1132 KB)
• Chapter 3 - Carbon market (PDF 945 KB)
• Chapter 4 - Emissions targets and scheme caps (PDF 942 KB)
• Chapter 5 - Reporting and compliance (PDF 847 KB)
• Chapter 6 - Linking the scheme to international markets (PDF 867 KB)
• Chapter 7 - Auctioning of Australian carbon pollution permits (PDF 838 KB)
• Chapter 8 - Household assistance measures (PDF 800 KB)
• Chapter 9 - Assistance to emissions-intensive trade-exposed industries (PDF 1099 KB)
• Chapter 10 - Strongly affected industries (PDF 982 KB)
• Chapter 11 - Tax and accounting issues (PDF 800 KB)
• Chapter 12 - Transitional issues (PDF 693 KB)
• Chapter 13 - Governance arrangements and implementation (PDF 810 KB)
• Appendix A - Comparison (PDF 56 KB) greenpaper-appendixa
• Appendix B - List of consulted parties(PDF 631 KB)
• Appendix C - National registry (PDF 663 KB)
• Appendix D - Analysis of the emissions intensity of Australian industries (PDF 683 KB)
• Glossary (PDF 821 KB)

Full report

• Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Green Paper (PDF 3178 KB)

Submissions

View the Green-paper submissions