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The Claim

Australia's reformed Safeguard Mechanism (implemented in 2023) applies to around 215 facilities.

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The Short Version

Official Australian sources describe the reformed Safeguard Mechanism as covering about 215 facilities. Clean Energy Regulator data show exact counts close to that figure—218 in 2022–23, 219 in 2023–24, and 208 in 2024–25—so the statement fairly represents the policy’s scale. The number should be understood as approximate, not fixed.

Caveats

  • The exact number of covered facilities changes by year; it is not permanently fixed at 215.
  • The most direct regulator data show 218 and 219 facilities in the first two post-reform years, with 208 listed for 2024–25.
  • Some government documents use “around 215” as a policy-era shorthand, so the claim is accurate as an approximation rather than an exact current count.

The Receipts

  1. Safeguard Mechanism | Clean Energy Regulator

    Clean Energy Regulator

  2. Safeguard facility covered emissions data 2022–23

    Clean Energy Regulator

  3. Safeguard data - Clean Energy Regulator

    Clean Energy Regulator

  4. 2024–25 baselines and emissions data | Clean Energy Regulator

    Clean Energy Regulator

  5. Explore the 2023–24 Safeguard Mechanism data

    Clean Energy Regulator

  6. Reforms to the Safeguard Mechanism – Impact Analysis

    Office of Impact Analysis (Australian Government)

  7. Safeguard Mechanism before 1 July 2023

    Clean Energy Regulator

  8. National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (Safeguard Mechanism) Amendment (Reforms) Rules 2023

    Federal Register of Legislation (Australia)

  9. Australian Safeguard Mechanism

    ICAP

  10. Safeguard Mechanism

    Carbon Market Institute

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