3. Action by Australian Governments

Local, state and federal governments are developing initiatives and regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and make industry and households more energy efficient.

A. Federal Government

The federal government aims to improve the environmental performance of industry, government and the public. The focus of federal government initiatives include:

• Impending carbon trading scheme
• Energy Efficiency Opportunities Act (2006)
• Move to Federal regulation of energy (AER).

For further information regarding the Federal government’s initiatives for climate change, water, energy efficiency and the environment you can access the following web pages:

Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
http://www.environment.gov.au

Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism
http://www.energyefficiencyopportunities.gov.au

Or you can pursue these relevant authorities:

CSIRO - Energy efficiency
http://www.csiro.au/science/energyefficiency.html

National Framework for Energy Efficiency
http://www.nfee.gov.au/home.jsp?xcid=48

http://www.climatechange.gov.au