Australia's emissions rising and vastly underestimated, says report

Land clearing surge in Queensland since 2012 could create emissions roughly equal to those saved by the federal government's emissions reduction scheme

The latest federal government carbon emissions inventory shows Australia has increased its emissions and has come under fire for allegedly vastly underestimating the amount of land clearing that has occurred, and its associated emissions.

The Quarterly Update of the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report, which counts emissions in Australia up to September 2015,says greenhouse gas emissions from land clearing have fallen to record lows.