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Subsidies and Countervailing Measures G/SCM/N/372/AUS Australia 2021 Energy conservation and efficiency Grants and direct payments Energy
Energy Efficiency Communities Program: This is an…
Energy Efficiency Communities Program: This is an Australian Government program which provides grants to assist businesses and community organisations to improve their energy efficiency practices and technologies, reduce their energy use and power bills. (...)
Environment related objective
To assist businesses and community organisations to improve their energy efficiency practices and technologies, reduce their energy use and power bills
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Energy Efficiency Communities Program: This is an Australian Government program which provides grants to assist businesses and community organisations to improve their energy efficiency practices and technologies, reduce their energy use and power bills. (...)
Funding is provided through a grant agreement between the Commonwealth and the business receiving the grant.
Type of measure
Funding is provided through a grant agreement between the Commonwealth and the business receiving the grant
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Round 1 of the program (community round) opened in March 2020. The program has grant funding to 2021/22, with program closure and evaluation to occur in 2022/23.
Keywords
Energy
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures G/SCM/N/372/AUS Australia 2021 Alternative and renewable energy Grants and direct payments Energy
Advancing Renewables Program: The Advancing…
Advancing Renewables Program: The Advancing Renewables Program supports a broad range of development, demonstration and pre-commercial deployment projects that can deliver affordable and reliable renewable energy for Australian families and businesses. The Program Objective is to fund Activities that contribute to one or more of the following. Program Outcomes:
(a) reduction in the cost of renewable energy;
(b) increase in the value delivered by renewable energy;
(c) improvement in technology readiness and commercial readiness of Renewable Energy Technologies;
(d) reduction in or removal of barriers to renewable energy uptake:
(e) increased skills, capacity and knowledge relevant to Renewable Energy Technologies".
Environment related objective
To support a broad range of development, demonstration and pre-commercial deployment projects that can deliver affordable and reliable renewable energy for Australian families and businesses
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Advancing Renewables Program: The Advancing Renewables Program supports a broad range of development, demonstration and pre-commercial deployment projects that can deliver affordable and reliable renewable energy for Australian families and businesses. The Program Objective is to fund Activities that contribute to one or more of the following. Program Outcomes:
(a) reduction in the cost of renewable energy;
(b) increase in the value delivered by renewable energy;
(c) improvement in technology readiness and commercial readiness of Renewable Energy Technologies;
(d) reduction in or removal of barriers to renewable energy uptake:
(e) increased skills, capacity and knowledge relevant to Renewable Energy Technologies".
Funds were committed to 74 projects through individual funding agreements
Type of measure
Funding is provided against specific milestones in accordance with individual funding agreements.
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Duration varies according to individual funding agreements. The last funding agreement expires on 30 June 2020.
Keywords
Energy
Renewable
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures G/SCM/N/372/AUS Australia 2021
Alternative and renewable energy, Environmentally…
Alternative and renewable energy, Environmentally friendly consumption
 Grants and direct payments Energy
Future Fuels Fund: The Future Fuels Fund aims to…
Future Fuels Fund: The Future Fuels Fund aims to reduce barriers to businesses and fleets to choose new vehicle technologies in the road transport sector.
Environment related objective
To reduce barriers to businesses and fleets to choose new vehicle technologies in the road transport sector
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Future Fuels Fund: The Future Fuels Fund aims to reduce barriers to businesses and fleets to choose new vehicle technologies in the road transport sector.
Funds were committed to 15 projects through individual funding agreements
Type of measure
Funding was provided against specific milestones in accordance with individual funding agreements.
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Duration varies according to individual funding agreements. The last funding agreement expired on 30 June 2020.
Keywords
Energy
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures G/SCM/N/372/AUS Australia 2021 Alternative and renewable energy Grants and direct payments Energy
Commercialisation of R&D Funding Initiative…
Commercialisation of R&D Funding Initiative Pilot: Offer kick-start funding grants of AUD 100K each, for projects of up to one year, to advance the development of a commercially viable product from renewable energy technology developed through R&D. (...)
Environment related objective
To advance the development of a commercially viable product from renewable energy technology developed through R&D
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Commercialisation of R&D Funding Initiative Pilot: Offer kick-start funding grants of AUD 100K each, for projects of up to one year, to advance the development of a commercially viable product from renewable energy technology developed through R&D. (...)
Funds were committed to 5 projects through individual funding agreements
Type of measure
Funding is provided against specific milestones in accordance with individual funding agreements.
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Duration varies according to individual funding agreements. The last funding agreement expires on 30 June 2020.
Keywords
Energy
Renewable
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures G/SCM/N/372/AUS Australia 2021 Climate change mitigation and adaptation Grants and direct payments Energy
Carbon Capture and Storage Flagships: The program…
Carbon Capture and Storage Flagships: The program aimed to support a small number of demonstration projects to:
• capture carbon dioxide emissions from industrial processes;
• provide transport infrastructure (generally pipelines); and
• safely store carbon dioxide underground in stable geological formations.
Established in 2009, the CCS Flagships Program formed part of the Government's Clean Energy Initiative. (...)
Environment related objective
To support projects that capture CO2 emissions and safely store CO2
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Carbon Capture and Storage Flagships: The program aimed to support a small number of demonstration projects to:
• capture carbon dioxide emissions from industrial processes;
• provide transport infrastructure (generally pipelines); and
• safely store carbon dioxide underground in stable geological formations.
Established in 2009, the CCS Flagships Program formed part of the Government's Clean Energy Initiative. (...)
Funds were committed to ten projects through individual funding agreements
Type of measure
Funding was provided against specific milestones in accordance with individual funding agreements.
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Duration varied according to individual funding agreements. The program commenced in 2009 and the last funding agreement expires on 30 June 2022.
Keywords
Clean
Emissions
Energy
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures G/SCM/N/372/AUS Australia 2021
Climate change mitigation and adaptation,…
Climate change mitigation and adaptation, Sustainable mining management
 Grants and direct payments Mining
Coal Mining Abatement Support Package (CMATSP):…
Coal Mining Abatement Support Package (CMATSP): The Coal Mining Abatement Technology Support Package (CMATSP) was designed to provide assistance to the coal industry to reduce fugitive methane emissions, in particular ventilation air methane (VAM), by facilitating research and deployment of methane abatement technologies. The CMATSP also aimed to supplement and support the coal industry's own research activities to pilot innovative technologies to capture and mitigate methane emissions and to develop safe abatement practices.

The CMATSP was introduced in July 2011 as part of the Coal Sector Assistance Program (CSAP), and under the government's Clean Energy Future Plan.
Environment related objective
To provide assistance to the coal industry to reduce fugitive methane emissions, pilot innovative technologies to capture and mitigate methane emissions, and to develop safe abatement practices.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Coal Mining Abatement Support Package (CMATSP): The Coal Mining Abatement Technology Support Package (CMATSP) was designed to provide assistance to the coal industry to reduce fugitive methane emissions, in particular ventilation air methane (VAM), by facilitating research and deployment of methane abatement technologies. The CMATSP also aimed to supplement and support the coal industry's own research activities to pilot innovative technologies to capture and mitigate methane emissions and to develop safe abatement practices.

The CMATSP was introduced in July 2011 as part of the Coal Sector Assistance Program (CSAP), and under the government's Clean Energy Future Plan.
Funds were committed to six projects through individual funding agreements
Type of measure
Funding was provided against specific milestones in accordance with individual funding agreements.
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Duration varies according to individual funding agreements. The last funding agreement expired on 30 June 2020.
Keywords
Clean
Emissions
Energy
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures G/SCM/N/372/AUS Australia 2021 Alternative and renewable energy Grants and direct payments Other
Priority Investment Program: a competitive…
Priority Investment Program: a competitive funding program aimed at facilitating collaboration between the ACT Government, industry, research and tertiary education sectors to attract investment and grow priority sectors of Canberra's economy.
The Program targets known priority sectors of (...) renewable energy, (...)
Environment related objective
To provide competitive grants to industries in the priority sector of renewable energy
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Priority Investment Program: a competitive funding program aimed at facilitating collaboration between the ACT Government, industry, research and tertiary education sectors to attract investment and grow priority sectors of Canberra's economy.
The Program targets known priority sectors of (...) renewable energy, (...)
Projects that demonstrate involvement of a consortium of collaborators from industry and the higher education and research sector.
Type of measure
Competitive grants.
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Three years commencing in 2018/19 and ending in 2020/21.
Keywords
Energy
Renewable
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures G/SCM/N/372/AUS Australia 2021 Sustainable fisheries management Tax concessions Fisheries
New South Wales: Commercial Fisheries Fee Waivers…
New South Wales: Commercial Fisheries Fee Waivers (DPI Fisheries): Initially to aid industry recovery from natural disasters then to aid industry recovery from economic impacts of COVID 19.
Environment related objective
To support the fishery industry in recovery from natural disasters
Measure description Coverage of the measure
New South Wales: Commercial Fisheries Fee Waivers (DPI Fisheries): Initially to aid industry recovery from natural disasters then to aid industry recovery from economic impacts of COVID 19.
NSW commercial fishers
Type of measure
Annual Fisheries Management Charges: partial waiver with two thirds of annual fees waived in 2019/20 and one third of annual fees waived in 2020/21.
Annual commercial fishing licence fees waived in 2020/21.
Annual commercial fishing boat licence fees waived in 2020/21. 
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
This is not an ongoing subsidy program. Fee waivers are only used in special circumstances such as the above cases where the commercial fishing industry was impacted by natural disasters and COVID-19.
Keywords
Fish
Natural disaster
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures G/SCM/N/372/AUS Australia 2021 Sustainable fisheries management Loans and financing, Tax concessions Fisheries
New South Wales: Aquaculture Debt waiver - under…
New South Wales: Aquaculture Debt waiver - under DPI's current Aquaculture Debt and Fee Waiver Policy AQP001: Promote industry recovery from natural disasters (bushfires) and economic impacts of COVID 19.  The current policy aims to promote viable aquaculture industries by providing short term debt relief in circumstances of financial hardship.
Environment related objective
To support the aquaculture industry in recovery from natural disasters
Measure description Coverage of the measure
New South Wales: Aquaculture Debt waiver - under DPI's current Aquaculture Debt and Fee Waiver Policy AQP001: Promote industry recovery from natural disasters (bushfires) and economic impacts of COVID 19.  The current policy aims to promote viable aquaculture industries by providing short term debt relief in circumstances of financial hardship.
2019/20 - All current Aquaculture Permit Holders provided with full debt waiver.
2020/21 - Aquaculture Permit Holders
Type of measure
Full debt waiver of all annual lease and permit fees (permit contribution, research levy, lease security, lease rental).
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
This is not an ongoing subsidy program. Fee waivers are only used in special circumstances such as the above cases where the aquaculture industry was impacted by natural disasters and COVID 19. They require approval and are only offered as part of a specific event. 
Keywords
Fish
Natural disaster
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures G/SCM/N/372/AUS Australia 2021
Other environmental risks mitigation, Sustainable…
Other environmental risks mitigation, Sustainable agriculture management
 Loans and financing Agriculture
New South Wales: Farm Innovation Fund: The Farm…
New South Wales: Farm Innovation Fund: The Farm Innovation Fund (FIF) is a concessional loan scheme that is intended assist farmers in NSW to identify and address risks to their farming enterprises, improve permanent farm infrastructure, ensure long term productivity and sustainable land use. (...)
This program aims to achieve:
• Drought preparedness - farm businesses are better placed to address adverse seasonal conditions with less reliance on future assistance measures as a result of the capital works.
• Environment - the environmental condition of the land is improved as a result of the capital works.
• Natural Resources - the value or quality of natural resources are improved as a result of the capital works.
• Farm infrastructure - farm businesses have improved profitability as a result of the capital works.
Environment related objective
To identify and address risks to their farming enterprises, improve permanent farm infrastructure, ensure long term productivity and sustainable land use; and to assist farmers to better manage risks arising from seasonal conditions, including drought
Measure description Coverage of the measure
New South Wales: Farm Innovation Fund: The Farm Innovation Fund (FIF) is a concessional loan scheme that is intended assist farmers in NSW to identify and address risks to their farming enterprises, improve permanent farm infrastructure, ensure long term productivity and sustainable land use. (...)
This program aims to achieve:
• Drought preparedness - farm businesses are better placed to address adverse seasonal conditions with less reliance on future assistance measures as a result of the capital works.
• Environment - the environmental condition of the land is improved as a result of the capital works.
• Natural Resources - the value or quality of natural resources are improved as a result of the capital works.
• Farm infrastructure - farm businesses have improved profitability as a result of the capital works.
NSW farmers
Type of measure
Loans offered through the FIF are 20-year term concessional loans
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Loans are issued up to 20 years, dependent upon the amount borrowed and the applicant's ability to repay
Keywords
Environment
Natural disaster
Natural resources
Sustainable