We’re seeking your input into the key design principles and framework of the Cleaner Fuels Program to drive domestic production of low carbon liquid fuels (LCLF).
Why we want your input
Your feedback will help ensure Australia has the appropriate policy settings to encourage the development and growth of a domestic LCLF industry.How you can voice your opinion
You can have your say by reading the policy design and engagement paper (the Paper) and either providing a written submission or completing a survey.What will be the outcome of this consultation?
Your views will help inform the key design principles and framework of the Cleaner Fuels Program.The Issue
The Australian Government has committed to fast-tracking a domestic low carbon liquid fuel (LCLF) industry, as part of its Future Made in Australia agenda. On 17 September 2025, the government announced a new $1.1 billion Cleaner Fuels Program to encourage domestic production of LCLF, while strengthening fuel security and supporting new jobs in the net zero economy.
The Cleaner Fuels Program will provide production-linked incentives over 10 years and target support toward LCLF projects that are advanced in development, progressing towards a final investment decision and targeting production in the near future.
We are commencing engagement with the market on the policy design of the Cleaner Fuels Program, with support from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW).
As part of the engagement, we want to hear your views on the key design principles and framework of the Cleaner Fuels Program.
This policy design and engagement process builds on previous consultations on LCLF, including our consultation in July 2024 on Future Made in Australia: Unlocking Australia’s low carbon liquid fuel opportunity and the ARENA-led consultation earlier this year on Future Made in Australia Innovation Fund.
Options for submission include:
- making a written submission through the Have Your Say form below; or
- responding to the following surveys, including a survey with the questions outlined in the ‘Policy Design Engagement Information’ section of the Paper, and a survey with the questions in Appendix C – Project Details Form of the Paper.
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We invite you to tell us your views on this topic.
You can complete our surveys (links provided under the ‘The issue’ section) or upload a written submission by clicking on the 'Have your say now' button below to upload your submission. Alternatively, you can also email your submission to: lclfconsultation@infrastructure.gov.au.
All submissions to be made public need to meet the Digital Service Standard for accessibility. Any submission that does not meet this standard may be modified before being made public.
If your submission is to be made public, please ensure you do not include any personal information that you don't want to be published.
If your submission is confidential, please ensure each page of the submission is marked as confidential.
Please click on the 'Have your say now' button below to upload your submission.
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Cleaner Fuels Program
The Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts (“the Department”) is collecting your submission, including any personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988.
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The Department may use your submission to inform the design of the Cleaner Fuels Program.
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