The Clean Energy Regulator administers schemes legislated by the Australian Government for measuring, managing, reducing or offsetting Australia's carbon emissions.
However, the review did recommend the CER stop granting offsets for avoided deforestation, due to the difficulty of assessing intent to clear land.
[8] Macintosh wrote that the review had failed to produce evidence to back up its analysis, and had ignored the findings of a report it had commissioned from the Australian Academy of Science.
[9] In 2024, an audit found that the CER had failed to manage conflicts of interest and investigate fraud, and had intimidated scientists seeking to provide submissions.
[10] One academic stated that the body had been "captured" by the Carbon Market Institute, an industry lobby group which includes fossil fuel companies.