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(...) Despite the lack of a nationally mandated programme, most Australian jurisdictions operate feed‐in tariff (FiT) schemes, which provide owners of small renewable‐energy systems with guaranteed fixed rates for the sale of electricity fed into the grid (e.g. Victoria). During the review period, several schemes (e.g. ACT FiT scheme, South Australian solar FiT scheme, and Residential Net FiT for Western Australia) were closed to new participants.

Australia's biosecurity system has been undergoing institutional reform in line with the recommendations of a 2008 independent review recognizing that zero-risk is unattainable and undesired and suggested a shift from the largely negative-defensive quarantine to the pro-active biosecurity

The Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement (KAFTA) was signed in April 2014 and entered into force on 12 December 2014. (…) The Agreement also contains provisions on intellectual property rights, competition policy, electronic commerce, labour and the environment as well as provisions for investor-state dispute settlement.

(...) A range of initiatives and measures have continued to improve fisheries' management and thus the sustainability of fish stocks for the long-term viability of the sector.

(…) Budgetary assistance for the electricity, gas, water and waste services industry was the highest among all sectors. (…)

The Code (the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code) also regulates food derived from Genetically Modified (GM) plants, animals or micro-organisms, as well as the labelling of GM foods. Imported foods using biotechnology may be sold in Australia only after assessment and approval by FSANZ (Food Standards Australia New Zealand). As at 1 July 2014, FSANZ had completed assessments of 63 (45 in November 2010) commodities produced from gene technology. A further four were withdrawn by the applicants before FSANZ completed the assessment process; by July 2014 it was assessing the safety of food from one GM commodity. FSANZ has also assessed and approved numerous enzymes sourced from GM micro-organisms. Imports of live and viable genetically modified organisms (GMOs) require authorization under the Gene Technology Act 2000, which regulates particular dealings with GMOs in addition to permissions for use in food. All dealings involving release (DIR) of a GMO into the environment must be licensed by the Gene Technology Regulator, an independent statutory office holder, unless otherwise authorized under the Act. All licence applications are subject to case by case scientific risk assessment and risk management. As at 30 June 2014, seventeen accredited organizations held the 54 DIR licences in force, of which 9 were for commercial release of GMOs (cotton, canola and a vaccine), three for vaccine trials, and 42 for limited and controlled trials of GM crop varieties.

Table 3.6 Excise rates, 2011 and 2014 ($A)
Commodity: Biodiesel
Rates applying from 1 February 2011: 0.38143a
Current rates February 2014: 0.38143
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(...) Concessional loans are available under the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, the Export Finance and Insurance Commission, the Farm Finance Concessional Loan Scheme, the Drought Concessional Loan Scheme and the Infrastructure Growth Package programmes (sections 1.2.1, 3.3.5, 4.2.2.2. 4.3.2 and 4.5.7). (...)

(…) Used vehicles remain subject to a high/prohibitive compound tariff rate (whose AVE is as much as 215.4%) and Vehicle Import Approval requirements (section 3.2.2.2.1, Table A3.1). [144] (….)

[144] According to the Australian Parliament Hansard records, the rarely applied non-ad valorem component of the duty on imported used cars, introduced in 1991 as an industry protection measure, has benefits for environmental, safety and even consumer concerns. They also mentioned that Australia's balanced approach to used-vehicle imports is less restrictive than economies that prohibit imports of used cars.

Between 2006 and 2009, fuel excise credits of more than $A 3 million per year were available to businesses that are large energy users, on the condition that they joined the Greenhouse Challenge Plus Programme, which ceased on 30 June 2009