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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Adam Morton Climate and environment editor

Climate plans of Australian companies would be exempt from private litigation for three years under proposal

Rainforest in Tasmania
Lawyers say that establishing immunity laws earlier could have prevented cases that successfully challenged companies over funding fossil fuel projects. Photograph: Rob Blakers/The Guardian

The climate plans of Australian companies would be immune to private litigation for three years under an Albanese government proposal before parliament.

The grace period is included in legislation before the Senate that would expand the information companies must provide about the risk the climate crisis poses to their business and what they will do about it.

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