"The Agreement focuses on actions to reduce air pollution and improve air quality through cooperative action between industry and government at the national, state and local level. The Agreement is designed to incorporate a range of existing, new and complementary measures to improve Australia’s air quality."
"The Agreement's initial work plan will see a range of actions taken over the next two years to address priority issues of concern, including reviewing and strengthening air quality monitoring and reporting standards, targeted measures to reduce emissions from key sources of air pollution, improving access to air quality information for communities, and fostering partnerships with industry."
"On 15 December Environment Ministers also agreed three key initial actions under the Agreement:
- the introduction of emission standards for new non-road spark ignition engines and equipment (such as garden equipment and marine outboard motors)
- measures to reduce air pollution from wood heaters, including the adoption of new emission and efficiency standards for new wood heaters and sharing best management practices across jurisdictions
- strengthened ambient air quality reporting standards for particle pollution (PM or Particulate Matter)" (http://www.environment.gov.au/protection/air-quality/national-clean-air-agreement)