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Wool levy and export charge

 When levies and export charges applyLevyLevy applies to wool harvested from a live sheep or lamb in Australia if the person who owns it immediately after harvest:sold the wool, orused the wool in Australia in the production of other goods.Export chargeExport charge applies to wool harvested…
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Tea tree oil levy and export charge

 When levies and export charges applyLevyLevy applies to tea tree oil distilled in Australia and sold by the person who owns the tea tree oil immediately after it is distilled.Export chargeExport charge applies to tea tree oil distilled in and exported from Australia.ExemptionsLevyLevy does…
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Wine grapes levy

 When levies applyLevy applies to:fresh grapes grown in Australia and used at a winery in Australia in wine makingdried grapes, where the grapes were grown and dried in Australia and the dried grapes used at a winery in Australia in wine making, orgrape juice that is used at a winery in…
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Turf levy and export charge

 When levies and export charges applyLevyLevy applies to turf harvested in Australia and sold by the person who owns it immediately after harvest.Export chargeExport charge applies to turf harvested in and exported from Australia.ExemptionsRecords must be maintained to confirm that the…
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Fees and charges

​​​​The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is responsible for applying fees and charges to industry and the public.Fees and charges are applied for services provided by the department, including:regulatory services, including biosecurity and export certificationrequests for…
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1.4. How carbon farming responds to climate change

Carbon farming helps reduce your carbon footprintCarbon farming, as we have seen, reduces GHG emissions and stores carbon, which are essential to Australia’s response to climate change.A ‘carbon footprint’ or ‘greenhouse gas footprint’ is the amount of GHGs emitted minus the amount of carbon stored…
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1.2. Carbon farming reduces emissions, stores carbon

Carbon farming 'Carbon farming' describes agricultural and land management activities that help mitigate climate change by:reducing emissions of the main GHGs: methane, nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide, by avoiding or minimising themstoring more carbon — also…
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2.3. Carbon farming activities and co-benefits

As Topic 1 examined, carbon farming activities aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and store carbon. They also deliver economic and other co-benefits for farmers, land managers, environmental values and communities.These co-benefits include earning ACCUs and gaining Climate Active certification…
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1.7. Key concepts

Finally, let’s look at key concepts that flow from this initial topic to all topics:carbon neutralnet zero emissionsACCUsClimate Active certificationcarbon dioxide equivalent (CO2-e).‘Carbon neutral’ and ‘net zero emissions’The terms ‘carbon neutral’ and ‘net zero emissions’ are commonly used to…
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2.2. Why you might undertake carbon farming

First, let’s briefly provide an overview of some of the co-benefits of carbon farming before looking into the co-benefits of particular carbon farming activities.Carbon farming helps tackle climate change by reducing or avoiding greenhouse gas emissions and storing more carbon in soil and…
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