Climate Changes / Clean Business Australia Initiative

• White Paper: Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme: Australian's Low Pollution Future. Australian Government Department of Climate Change.  15 December 2008.
• Australia's Low Pollution Future: The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation. 30 October 2008. VIEW: Summary.  VIEW: Fact Sheet
• Garnaut Report.  Climate Change Review. Draft Report. June 2008
• Climate Ready Program
• Re-Tooling for Climate Change
• Green Building Fund

AusIndustry

AusIndustry is the Australian Government's business program delivery division of the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research.

• The R&D Tax Concession: Tax deduction of up to 125% of qualifying expenditure on eligible R&D activities when lodging 2007/08 annual tax returns. Registrations close 30 April 2009.
• The Climate Ready program: Matching funding grants to small-medium-sized businesses from $50,000 - $5m. Supporting projects addressing the effects of climate change. Next round closes 12 March 09.
• Re-tooling for Climate Change: Supports manufacturers to reduce their environmental footprint through projects improving the efficiency of the production processes. Grants from $10,000 - $500,000 for up to 1/3 of the cost of each project. Next round closes 5pm 16 February 2009.

For further information on AusIndustry programs, contact the AusIndustry Hotline 13 28 46 or visit www.ausindustry.gov.au.