Nature Repair Market: Ongoing development

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Overview

We develop market policy and methods. To do this we engage with, and collaborate with, technical experts, partner organisations and market stakeholders. We do this at workshops and via consultations.

Current consultation

Refined scope of the proposed Protect and Conserve method

In November 2025, the department released a consultation paper outlining proposed policy settings and design elements of the Protect and Conserve (P&C) method.

The Australian Government’s environment protection reforms were passed on 28 November 2025 and included amendments to the Nature Repair Act 2023 to allow methods to specify whether Nature Repair Market projects can be used as environmental offsets.

In light of the consultation feedback and amendments to enable environmental offsets, we have refined the scope of the P&C method.

We would like your feedback on the revised scope of the P&C method set out in the position paper below.

Download the position paper:

You can:

read the position paper
Email feedback or questions to naturerepairmarketmethods@dcceew.gov.au by 5:00pm AEST, Tuesday 30 June 2026.

When drafting your feedback please ensure:

you have consent from relevant parties when you are drawing on their perspectives or intellectual property, for example Indigenous knowledge or data
that parties are aware how their information will be used and stored through the process
you do not include information considered sensitive or commercial-in-confidence.

To read more on the public consultations held in 2025, visit Nature Repair Market consultations - overview.

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Previous consultations and workshops

Consultation on updates to Market settings (21 April - 4 May 2026)

The government’s environmental law reform package passed on 28 November 2025. It included some changes to the Nature Repair Act 2023. The change allows for methods under the Nature Repair Market to specify whether projects can be used as environmental offsets.

We sought feedback on 3 issues papers outlining our intended approach to amend some Market settings that would apply to offset-capable projects, and to support integrity and administration.

1. Policy settings to enable the Market to supply environmental offsets

2. Supporting threatened species and threatened ecological communities in Nature Repair Market projects

3. Rules to support Market integrity and administration

A summary of the process and the feedback received will be uploaded to this page soon.