Climate Change (National Framework for Adaptation and Mitigation) (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) 2020

# Climate Change (National Framework for Adaptation and Mitigation) (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2020 ## What it does This bill makes a bunch of follow-up changes to fix other laws once a new climate change framework bill comes into force. Mainly, it shuts down the existing Climate Change Authority and replaces it with a new Climate Change Commission, then updates various other laws to reference the new body instead of the old one. ## Why it matters This is a housekeeping bill—it's only useful if the main climate framework bill actually passes Parliament. It shows the government's intent to restructure how Australia officially handles climate policy, but the real impact depends on whether the parent bill gets up. ## Key details - **The Climate Change Authority gets scrapped entirely.** Any laws mentioning it are being rewritten to say "Climate Change Commission" instead (this affects financial regulation, carbon farming rules, energy reporting, and competition laws). - **A new duty kicks in.** Government agencies and decision-makers will have a legal obligation to consider climate change impacts in their work—this ties to broader changes in how government bodies report their performance. - **It only starts when the main bill does.** This bill doesn't commence unless the Climate Change (National Framework for Adaptation and Mitigation) Act 2020 actually becomes law. If that bill fails, this one goes nowhere.

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