Clean Energy Act 2011

The Clean Energy Act 2011 was an Act of the Australian Parliament, the main Act in a package of legislation that established an Australian emissions trading scheme (ETS), to be preceded by a three-year period of fixed carbon pricing in Australia designed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions as part of efforts to combat global warming.

Clean Energy Act 2011
Parliament of Australia
Long title
  • A Bill for an Act to encourage the use of clean energy, and for other purposes
CitationClean Energy Act 2011 (Cth)
Passed byAustralian House of Representatives
Passed12 October 2011
Passed byAustralian Senate
Passed8 November 2011
Royal assent18 November 2011
Commenced1 July 2012
Legislative history
First chamber: Australian House of Representatives
Bill titleClean Energy Bill 2011
Introduced byJulia Gillard
First reading13 September 2011
Second reading11 October 2011
Third reading12 October 2011
Second chamber: Australian Senate
Bill titleClean Energy Act 2011
Member(s) in chargeJoe Ludwig
First reading12 October 2011
Second reading12 October 2011
Third reading8 November 2011
Repeals
Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Act 2013 (Cth)
Status: Repealed

The package was introduced by the Gillard Labor government in February 2011 and was repealed by the Abbott government on 17 July 2014, backdated to 1 July 2014.

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