Clean Energy Finance Corporation Amendment (Protecting Australian Farmland) Bill 2026

Stage by Stage

Summaries in reported speech - not a transcript. In date order, both chambers.

1. Monday 14 September 2026 · House of Representatives

   Second Reading

   The debate concerned a private member's bill intended to prohibit the Clean Energy Finance Corporation from funding foreign entities to purchase Australian farmland. Opposition members argued that government funding of such transactions, specifically citing a transaction in Tasmania, harmed regional communities and food security. They contended that taxpayer money was being used to facilitate the conversion of productive agricultural land into non-productive forestry projects by overseas investors. The speakers emphasized that this policy undermined local economies and contradicted the need to support domestic food production during a cost-of-living crisis.

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