2007

December

Final report of National Emissions Trading Task Force released on possible design of a national emissions trading scheme (ETS).

12 December

Australia ratifies Kyoto Protocol.

2008

4 February

Garnaut Climate Change Review interim report released.

11 March

Kyoto Protocol comes into effect for Australia.

20 March

Garnaut Climate Change Review Emissions Trading Discussion Paper released.

4 July

Garnaut Climate Change Review Draft Final Report released.

16 July

Government Green Paper on Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) released.

31 July

Wilkins Review, Strategic Review of Australian Government Climate Change Programs, delivered to the Commonwealth.

10 September

Deadline for industry and community submissions on Green Paper.

30 September

Final report of Garnaut Climate Change Review delivered to Australian governments.

30 October

Treasury modelling of the CPRS released in Australia's low pollution future: the economics of climate change mitigation.

15 December

Release of Government White Paper on the CPRS.

2009

Government announces new targets and measures, plus a new start date for the proposed CPRS.

12 May

Government publishes response to the recommendations of the Wilkins review.

14 May

Introduction of Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme legislation into Parliament.

Senate Standing Committee on Economics publishes its final report on its inquiry into the CPRS legislation.

Senate Select Committee on Climate Change also publishes its report.

2011

1 July

Proposed CPRS scheduled to commence.

2013

Inclusion of agriculture in CPRS to be assessed.

Government to announce final decision on inclusion of agriculture.

2015

Potential inclusion of agriculture in CPRS if so decided in 2013.

First scheduled public strategic review of CPRS by independent expert committee.