Climate Action Tracker #Australia 🇦🇺 assessment 11 June 2025.
We are rated ‘insufficient’, still expanding #fossilfuels, reliant on LULUCF accounting for emission reduction, two thirds of #SafeguardMechanism reduction is based on offsets.
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We are rated ‘insufficient’, still expanding #fossilfuels, reliant on LULUCF accounting for emission reduction, two thirds of #SafeguardMechanism reduction is based on offsets.
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Australia
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June 23, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Climate Action Tracker #Australia 🇦🇺 assessment 11 June 2025.
We are rated ‘insufficient’, still expanding #fossilfuels, reliant on LULUCF accounting for emission reduction, two thirds of #SafeguardMechanism reduction is based on offsets.
climateactiontracker.org/countries/au...
We are rated ‘insufficient’, still expanding #fossilfuels, reliant on LULUCF accounting for emission reduction, two thirds of #SafeguardMechanism reduction is based on offsets.
climateactiontracker.org/countries/au...
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Net zero 2050 but NWShelf gas until 2070 means squillions of ACCUs required. Just as well we have 100% offsets #SafeguardMechanism filled with dodgy HIR ACCUs. Whole thing is a carbon bomb and a fraud to enable it. Serious investigation would bring down this house of cards. @ketanjoshi.co
May 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Net zero 2050 but NWShelf gas until 2070 means squillions of ACCUs required. Just as well we have 100% offsets #SafeguardMechanism filled with dodgy HIR ACCUs. Whole thing is a carbon bomb and a fraud to enable it. Serious investigation would bring down this house of cards. @ketanjoshi.co
There’s a strange breed of “rusted on Labor supporters” in Australia who love Labor for conscious classist reasons, & who live in notionally safe Labor seats & mindlessly back their local Labor candidate despite the betrayal on fossil fuels, #EPBC #EPA #AUKUS #safeguardmechanism #Gaza #closethegap
March 29, 2025 at 10:44 AM
There’s a strange breed of “rusted on Labor supporters” in Australia who love Labor for conscious classist reasons, & who live in notionally safe Labor seats & mindlessly back their local Labor candidate despite the betrayal on fossil fuels, #EPBC #EPA #AUKUS #safeguardmechanism #Gaza #closethegap
It is the ‘robust offset system’ that is the con. You cannot offset new and additional greenhouse gas emissions to atmosphere. The science makes it clear that no new emissions can be permitted. Offsetting is greenwashing and should have been rejected #SafeguardMechanism #auspol
February 28, 2025 at 5:21 AM
It is the ‘robust offset system’ that is the con. You cannot offset new and additional greenhouse gas emissions to atmosphere. The science makes it clear that no new emissions can be permitted. Offsetting is greenwashing and should have been rejected #SafeguardMechanism #auspol
@ketanjoshi.co calls out the offsets #WizardofOz feature emissions reduction policy - the #SafeguardMechanism.
'When the rules of the game allow cheating, everyone just cheats to win.'
#auspol
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
'When the rules of the game allow cheating, everyone just cheats to win.'
#auspol
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
How a bad policy is helping inflate Australia’s gas bubble
The “Safeguard Mechanism” sets declining targets for Australia’s biggest industrial emitters and fossil fuel mining projects (not including the emissions of coal and gas they sell), but also lets them...
thepoint.com.au
May 26, 2026 at 10:18 PM
@ketanjoshi.co calls out the offsets #WizardofOz feature emissions reduction policy - the #SafeguardMechanism.
'When the rules of the game allow cheating, everyone just cheats to win.'
#auspol
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
'When the rules of the game allow cheating, everyone just cheats to win.'
#auspol
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
"This is a carbon credit trading system. Super complicated — the most open kind of program to being gained by industry."
#auspol #SafeguardMechanism #Australia #climateobstruction #FossilFuelIndustry
#auspol #SafeguardMechanism #Australia #climateobstruction #FossilFuelIndustry
OH MY GOD thank you Chris - Australia's Safeguard mechanism is pretty much the same (and worse in many ways as its open to external carbon credits as well as 'in-scheme' ones)
We've seen ultra-polluters *being paid* more, even w/ rising emissions
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-saf...
We've seen ultra-polluters *being paid* more, even w/ rising emissions
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-saf...
December 1, 2025 at 10:44 PM
"This is a carbon credit trading system. Super complicated — the most open kind of program to being gained by industry."
#auspol #SafeguardMechanism #Australia #climateobstruction #FossilFuelIndustry
#auspol #SafeguardMechanism #Australia #climateobstruction #FossilFuelIndustry
So have we gone from shithouse reform to no reform at all?
#epbc #offsets #safeguardmechanism #climate #fossilfuelsubsidies
#epbc #offsets #safeguardmechanism #climate #fossilfuelsubsidies
November 27, 2024 at 10:49 AM
So have we gone from shithouse reform to no reform at all?
#epbc #offsets #safeguardmechanism #climate #fossilfuelsubsidies
#epbc #offsets #safeguardmechanism #climate #fossilfuelsubsidies
As Mark Ogge @australiainstitute.org.au points out, Japanese gas corp INPEX paid
$0 corporate tax
$0 PRRT
$0 royalties
on >$20 B income last year exporting 🇦🇺 gas fr its NT Ichthys project
INPEX also dictates 🇦🇺 fossil fuel policy, climate policy (SafeguardMechanism) & enviro mgt (SeaDumpingBill)
$0 corporate tax
$0 PRRT
$0 royalties
on >$20 B income last year exporting 🇦🇺 gas fr its NT Ichthys project
INPEX also dictates 🇦🇺 fossil fuel policy, climate policy (SafeguardMechanism) & enviro mgt (SeaDumpingBill)
November 15, 2024 at 1:01 AM
As Mark Ogge @australiainstitute.org.au points out, Japanese gas corp INPEX paid
$0 corporate tax
$0 PRRT
$0 royalties
on >$20 B income last year exporting 🇦🇺 gas fr its NT Ichthys project
INPEX also dictates 🇦🇺 fossil fuel policy, climate policy (SafeguardMechanism) & enviro mgt (SeaDumpingBill)
$0 corporate tax
$0 PRRT
$0 royalties
on >$20 B income last year exporting 🇦🇺 gas fr its NT Ichthys project
INPEX also dictates 🇦🇺 fossil fuel policy, climate policy (SafeguardMechanism) & enviro mgt (SeaDumpingBill)
If LNP had been in power and moved same amendments to Safeguard Mechanism as Bowen did, would the ‘just pass it’ brigade have been so keen to undermine the ambition of Greens and Independents in trying to make it stronger? Policy integrity versus partisan politics= 2023 debate SafeguardMechanism.
April 20, 2025 at 10:40 PM
If LNP had been in power and moved same amendments to Safeguard Mechanism as Bowen did, would the ‘just pass it’ brigade have been so keen to undermine the ambition of Greens and Independents in trying to make it stronger? Policy integrity versus partisan politics= 2023 debate SafeguardMechanism.
. @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social talked on #insiders about the Safeguard Mechanism - remember it is a pile of shit.
Excellent work by @ketanjoshi.co in his first #OffTheCharts for us pointing out that the Safeguard Mechanism just safeguards gas companies from having to worry about reducing emissions
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-saf...
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-saf...
June 1, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Climate Integrity has a great analysis comparing diesel subsidies paid to big miners to the costs of the Safeguard Mechanism.
It shows miners receiving vastly more in diesel (fossil fuel) subsidies than it costs them to comply with the Safeguard Mechanism.
climateintegrity.org.au/latest/confl...
It shows miners receiving vastly more in diesel (fossil fuel) subsidies than it costs them to comply with the Safeguard Mechanism.
climateintegrity.org.au/latest/confl...
July 21, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Australia Institute research shows the Safeguard Mechanism has failed to deliver promised reductions in gross emissions.
Its biggest failure is its overwhelming reliance on carbon offsets, which have enabled fossil fuel producers to INCREASE their actual pollution.
#auspol
Its biggest failure is its overwhelming reliance on carbon offsets, which have enabled fossil fuel producers to INCREASE their actual pollution.
#auspol
September 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM
“No offsets, no excuses”
'Real zero' vs #greenwashing and #climatedenial.
#safeguardmechanism
#climateaction
#capturedstate
#fossilcriminals
#auspol
#wapol
michaelwest.com.au/news/no-offs...
'Real zero' vs #greenwashing and #climatedenial.
#safeguardmechanism
#climateaction
#capturedstate
#fossilcriminals
#auspol
#wapol
michaelwest.com.au/news/no-offs...
'No offsets, no excuses': the pursuit of real zero - Michael West
Five years ago, companies of all shapes and sizes were setting net zero targets. Reality has since caught up with a number of them, with Climate Integrity director Claire Snyder of the view some had l...
michaelwest.com.au
July 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
“No offsets, no excuses”
'Real zero' vs #greenwashing and #climatedenial.
#safeguardmechanism
#climateaction
#capturedstate
#fossilcriminals
#auspol
#wapol
michaelwest.com.au/news/no-offs...
'Real zero' vs #greenwashing and #climatedenial.
#safeguardmechanism
#climateaction
#capturedstate
#fossilcriminals
#auspol
#wapol
michaelwest.com.au/news/no-offs...
Australia needs a Safeguard Mechanism that genuinely safeguards the climate. That means requiring real emissions reductions at facilities themselves. Carbon credits could remain a tool of last resort.
#climatecrisis #auspol #SafeguardMechanism www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/austral...
#climatecrisis #auspol #SafeguardMechanism www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/austral...
Australia’s Flagship Climate Policy Is Failing to Cut Emissions
Australia’s biggest industrial polluters are supposed to be reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. That is the purpose of the Safeguard Mechanism, the federal government’s flagship policy for cuttin...
www.lyrebirddreaming.com
June 28, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Australia needs a Safeguard Mechanism that genuinely safeguards the climate. That means requiring real emissions reductions at facilities themselves. Carbon credits could remain a tool of last resort.
#climatecrisis #auspol #SafeguardMechanism www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/austral...
#climatecrisis #auspol #SafeguardMechanism www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/austral...
Labor remain the least worst government but continue to support, approve & subsidise fossil fuel extraction & export.
#nacc #robodebtrc #aukus #awks #environmentprotection #safeguardmechanism #ageban #Gaza #closethegap #politicaldonations #alcohol #gambling #henryreview #gonskireview #garnautreview
#nacc #robodebtrc #aukus #awks #environmentprotection #safeguardmechanism #ageban #Gaza #closethegap #politicaldonations #alcohol #gambling #henryreview #gonskireview #garnautreview
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media.tenor.com
March 2, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Labor remain the least worst government but continue to support, approve & subsidise fossil fuel extraction & export.
#nacc #robodebtrc #aukus #awks #environmentprotection #safeguardmechanism #ageban #Gaza #closethegap #politicaldonations #alcohol #gambling #henryreview #gonskireview #garnautreview
#nacc #robodebtrc #aukus #awks #environmentprotection #safeguardmechanism #ageban #Gaza #closethegap #politicaldonations #alcohol #gambling #henryreview #gonskireview #garnautreview
Powerful piece on Labor’s Safeguard Mechanism not being fit for purpose in reducing Australia’s industrial climate pollution. By Ketan Joshi
#Ausvotes #Safeguardmechanism
www.crikey.com.au/2025/04/29/e...
#Ausvotes #Safeguardmechanism
www.crikey.com.au/2025/04/29/e...
Our emissions policy is toothless, counterintuitive and confusing. That's by design
Labor's safeguard mechanism is a shockingly deceptive piece of industry greenwashing disguised as climate regulation. It has to go.
www.crikey.com.au
April 29, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Powerful piece on Labor’s Safeguard Mechanism not being fit for purpose in reducing Australia’s industrial climate pollution. By Ketan Joshi
#Ausvotes #Safeguardmechanism
www.crikey.com.au/2025/04/29/e...
#Ausvotes #Safeguardmechanism
www.crikey.com.au/2025/04/29/e...
The Safeguard Mechanism is failing miserably: Australia’s flagship climate policy is failing to drive actual emission reductions.
On this episode of Follow the Money, the authors of new Australia Institute research,… #ClimateAction #CarbonOffsets #EmissionReduction #SafeguardMechanism #FossilFuel
On this episode of Follow the Money, the authors of new Australia Institute research,… #ClimateAction #CarbonOffsets #EmissionReduction #SafeguardMechanism #FossilFuel
The Safeguard Mechanism is failing miserably
Australia’s flagship climate policy is failing to drive actual emission reductions.
On this episode of Follow the Money, the authors of new Australia Institute research, Dr Fergus Green and Frances Medlock, join Glenn Connley to discuss the major failures of the Safeguard Mechanism, the dodgy “carbon offsets” at the heart the scheme, and what can be done to drive down emissions.
This episode was recorded on Tuesday 23 June.
Guest: Fergus Green, co-author of ‘Safeguarding the fossil fuel industry?’ and Associate Professor, University College London // @fergusgreen (https://bsky.app/profile/fergusgreen.bsky.social)
Guest: Frances Medlock, co-author of ‘Safeguarding the fossil fuel industry?’ and policy and law reform lawyer
Host: Glenn Connley, Senior Media Advisor, the Australia Institute // @glennconnley (https://bsky.app/profile/glennconnley.bsky.social)
Show notes:
Safeguarding the Fossil Fuel Industry? How Carbon Offsetting Undermines the Safeguard Mechanism (https://australiainstitute.org.au/report/safeguarding-the-fossil-fuel-industry/) by Fergus Green and Frances Medlock, the Australia Institute (June 2026)
The dodgy, so-called “offsets” that undermine Australia’s central climate policy (https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/260625-the-dodgy-so-called-offsets-that-undermine-australias-central-climate-policy) by Fergus Green and Frances Medlock, The Point (June 2026)
Koalas Covering for Coal? Dirty Forest Offset Plan Would Mean More Fossil Fuels (https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/koalas-covering-for-coal-dirty-forest-offset-plan-would-mean-more-fossil-fuels/) , the Australia Institute (June 2026)
Giant gas project earns $90m in ‘free’ carbon offsets (https://www.afr.com/policy/energy-and-climate/giant-gas-project-earns-90m-in-free-carbon-offsets-20260619-p608hc) by Ryan Cropp, Australian Financial Review (June 2026)
Here are 23 Times Carbon Offsets Were Found to be Dodgy (https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/here-are-23-times-carbon-offsets-were-found-to-be-dodgy-2/) , the Australia Institute (January 2024)
World’s biggest miner BHP backtracks on climate action with key projects put on ice, leaked documents reveal (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/25/bhp-files-leak-mining-company-climate-action) by Christopher Knaus and Adam Morton, Guardian Australia (May 2026)
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The Safeguard Mechanism is failing miserably: Australia’s flagship climate policy is failing to drive actual emission reductions.
On this episode of Follow the Money, the authors of new Australia Institute research,… #ClimateAction #CarbonOffsets #EmissionReduction #SafeguardMechanism #FossilFuel
On this episode of Follow the Money, the authors of new Australia Institute research,… #ClimateAction #CarbonOffsets #EmissionReduction #SafeguardMechanism #FossilFuel
"For every $1 Glencore paid under the Safeguard Mechanism, it received $41 in fossil fuel rebates."
July 21, 2026 at 6:14 AM
Safeguard mechanism failing to drive actual emission reductions – new research: Australia’s flagship climate policy, the Safeguard Mechanism, is failing miserably, according to new research by The Australia Institute.… #ClimateChange #EmissionReduction #Australia #ClimatePolicy #SafeguardMechanism
Safeguard mechanism failing to drive actual emission reductions – new research
Australia’s flagship climate policy, the Safeguard Mechanism, is failing miserably, according to new research by The Australia Institute.
The post Safeguard mechanism failing to drive actual emission reductions – new research appeared first on The Australia Institute.
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June 22, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Safeguard mechanism failing to drive actual emission reductions – new research: Australia’s flagship climate policy, the Safeguard Mechanism, is failing miserably, according to new research by The Australia Institute.… #ClimateChange #EmissionReduction #Australia #ClimatePolicy #SafeguardMechanism
The Safeguard Mechanism is failing miserably #ClimateAction #CarbonOffsets #EmissionReduction #SafeguardMechanism #FossilFuel
The Safeguard Mechanism is failing miserably
Australia’s flagship climate policy is failing to drive actual emission reductions.
On this episode of Follow the Money, the authors of new Australia Institute research, Dr Fergus Green and Frances Medlock, join Glenn Connley to discuss the major failures of the Safeguard Mechanism, the dodgy “carbon offsets” at the heart the scheme, and what can be done to drive down emissions.
This episode was recorded on Tuesday 23 June.
Guest: Fergus Green, co-author of ‘Safeguarding the fossil fuel industry?’ and Associate Professor, University College London // @fergusgreen (https://bsky.app/profile/fergusgreen.bsky.social)
Guest: Frances Medlock, co-author of ‘Safeguarding the fossil fuel industry?’ and policy and law reform lawyer
Host: Glenn Connley, Senior Media Advisor, the Australia Institute // @glennconnley (https://bsky.app/profile/glennconnley.bsky.social)
Show notes:
Safeguarding the Fossil Fuel Industry? How Carbon Offsetting Undermines the Safeguard Mechanism (https://australiainstitute.org.au/report/safeguarding-the-fossil-fuel-industry/) by Fergus Green and Frances Medlock, the Australia Institute (June 2026)
The dodgy, so-called “offsets” that undermine Australia’s central climate policy (https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/260625-the-dodgy-so-called-offsets-that-undermine-australias-central-climate-policy) by Fergus Green and Frances Medlock, The Point (June 2026)
Koalas Covering for Coal? Dirty Forest Offset Plan Would Mean More Fossil Fuels (https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/koalas-covering-for-coal-dirty-forest-offset-plan-would-mean-more-fossil-fuels/) , the Australia Institute (June 2026)
Giant gas project earns $90m in ‘free’ carbon offsets (https://www.afr.com/policy/energy-and-climate/giant-gas-project-earns-90m-in-free-carbon-offsets-20260619-p608hc) by Ryan Cropp, Australian Financial Review (June 2026)
Here are 23 Times Carbon Offsets Were Found to be Dodgy (https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/here-are-23-times-carbon-offsets-were-found-to-be-dodgy-2/) , the Australia Institute (January 2024)
World’s biggest miner BHP backtracks on climate action with key projects put on ice, leaked documents reveal (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/25/bhp-files-leak-mining-company-climate-action) by Christopher Knaus and Adam Morton, Guardian Australia (May 2026)
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Safeguard mechanism failing to drive actual emission reductions – new research #ClimateChange #EmissionReduction #Australia #ClimatePolicy #SafeguardMechanism
Safeguard mechanism failing to drive actual emission reductions – new research
Australia’s flagship climate policy, the Safeguard Mechanism, is failing miserably, according to new research by The Australia Institute.
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June 22, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Safeguard mechanism failing to drive actual emission reductions – new research #ClimateChange #EmissionReduction #Australia #ClimatePolicy #SafeguardMechanism
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#greenwashing
#climateactionnow
#safeguardmechanism #unsafeguardmechanism
#greenwashing
#climateactionnow
#safeguardmechanism #unsafeguardmechanism
Capitalism trumps climate: Why BHP’s green ambitions turned to empty promises
Was then chief executive Andrew Mackenzie just virtue signalling when he declared in 2019 that the mining giant would lead the capitalist pack on greening the world?
www.smh.com.au
May 26, 2026 at 10:59 AM
#australia #climatecrisis #australiangas #carbonoffsets #aussafeguard #safeguardmechanism #auspol2025
The Government’s Safeguard Mechanism is supposed to limit emissions.
Instead, it just lets companies cheat.
The massive carbon bomb North West Shelf project met 100% of its Safeguard target using dodgy carbon offsets that won't cancel out its huge emissions.
@ketanjoshi.co #auspol
Instead, it just lets companies cheat.
The massive carbon bomb North West Shelf project met 100% of its Safeguard target using dodgy carbon offsets that won't cancel out its huge emissions.
@ketanjoshi.co #auspol
July 4, 2025 at 3:25 AM