Emissions Reduction Fund the great survivor of Australia's climate policy

Mark LudlowQueensland bureau chief

Updated Sep 17, 2018 – 6.07pm, first published at 11.00am

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It is back to the future for the Coalition's climate change policies.

The $2.55 billion Emissions Reduction Fund – created by former environment minister Greg Hunt as part of the Abbott government's Direct Action policy in 2015 – was meant to be temporary stop-gap for the Coalition until it made it through the 2016 federal election and then could put in a more meaningful framework to help Australia reach its international climate targets.