Latest releases
- Quarantine and Pre-shipment uses of methyl bromide, 2017-2020 - 2022
- Cold Hard Facts 2021 - 2022
- Phasing out and phasing down substances controlled by the Montreal Protocol - 2021
- Leaks, maintenance and emissions: Refrigeration and air conditioning equipment - 2021
Import and export licence information and forms
- Application and reporting forms
- Methyl bromide forms
- Ozone depleting substances and synthetic greenhouse gases used in science
- Import arrangements for synthetic greenhouse gases have changed - 2019
- Records to be kept by licensees under the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989 - 2013
Resources for students and teachers
- The ozone layer - Fact sheet - 2018
- Ozone depleting substances - Fact sheet - 2018
- Synthetic Greenhouse Gases - Fact sheet - 2018
- Montreal Protocol - Fact sheet - 2018
- Quiz - Test your knowledge on ozone protection, ozone depleting substances and synthetic greenhouse gases - 2018
The Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Program
- Outcomes of the Review of the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Program - 2016
- Government Statement - Improvements to the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Program to achieve emissions reductions and streamline its operation - 2016
- Measures to achieve Emissions Reduction and Efficiency and Effectiveness gains in the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Program - 2016
- Emissions reduction options for synthetic greenhouse gases - Regulation Impact Statement - 2016
- Assessment of environmental impacts from the OPSGG Act - 2015
- Australia's HFC phase-down - 2018
- Quick Facts - HCFC gas and HCFC equipment - 2019
- R22 Quick Facts - 2019
- HFC Quick Facts - 2019
- The phase out of R22 - 2019
Reports and analysis
Strategies
- Ozone Science Strategy - 2012
- Australia’s Strategy for Managing Ozone Depleting Substances and Synthetic Greenhouse Gases - 2009
- Australian Chlorofluorocarbon Management Strategy - 2001
The ozone layer and ozone hole
- Antarctic Ozone Hole Summary Reports
- Protecting the ozone layer: 25 years of the Montreal Protocol - 2012
- The Hole Truth: The role of ozone depletion in Australia's changing climate - 2008
Use of ozone depleting substances and synthetic greenhouse gases
- HFC Consumption in Australia in 2013 and an Assessment of the Capacity of Industry to Transition to Nil and Lower GWP alternatives - 2014
- Departmental Response to the Baseline Analysis of Work Health and Safety Data and Information for the use of Synthetic Greenhouse Gases and Substitutes in the Australian Gas Industry Sector - 2013
- Baseline Analysis of Work Health and Safety Data and Information for the use of Synthetic Greenhouse Gases and Substitutes in the Australian Gas Industry Sector - Final Report - 2012
- The use of alternatives to synthetic greenhouse gases in industries regulated by the Montreal Protocol - 2003
- Inventories and projections of ozone depleting and synthetic greenhouse gases used in Montreal Protocol industries - 2002
- Synthetic gas use in non-Montreal Protocol industries - 2000
Emissions
- CSIRO report on Australian and Global Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Emissions - 2021
- CSIRO report on Australian and Global Emissions of Ozone Depleting Substances - 2021
- CSIRO report on Australian and Global Emissions of Ozone Depleting Substances - 2020
- CSIRO report on Australian and Global Emissions of Ozone Depleting Substances - 2019
- CSIRO report on Australian and Global Emissions of Ozone Depleting Substances - 2018
- CSIRO report on Australian and global HFC, PFC, sulfur Hexafluoride, nitrogen trifluoride and sulfuryl fluoride emissions - 2020
- CSIRO report on Australian and global HFC, PFC, sulfur Hexafluoride, nitrogen trifluoride and sulfuryl fluoride emissions - 2019
- CSIRO report on Australian and global HFC, PFC, sulfur Hexafluoride, nitrogen trifluoride and sulfuryl fluoride emissions - 2018
- Australian and global HFC, PFC, Sulfur Hexafluoride, Nitrogen Trifluoride and Sulfuryl Fluoride Emissions - June 2015
- Australian HFC, PFC, Sulfur Hexafluoride & Sulfuryl Fluoride emissions - 2014
- Australian atmospheric measurements and emissions estimates of ozone depleting substances and synthetic greenhouse gases - 2014
- Global and Australian emissions of ozone depleting substances - 2015
- Global and Australian emissions of ozone depleting substances - 2014
- Global and Australian emissions of ozone depleting substances - 2011
- Ozone depleting substances and synthetic greenhouse gases in Australia: A study of end uses, emissions and opportunities for reclamation - 2008
Refrigeration and air conditioning
- A study of waste in the cold food chain and opportunities for improvement - 2020
- Analysis of Work Health and Safety Data for the Use of Synthetic Greenhouse Gases and Substitutes in the Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Industry - 2015 Review
- Assessing the need for an advisory body for the refrigeration and air-conditioning industry - 2005
- Cold hard facts 2021 - 2022
- Cold hard facts 2020 - 2020
- Cold hard facts 2019 - 2019
- Cold hard facts 3 - Review of the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industry in Australia - 2018
- Cold hard facts 2: the refrigeration and air conditioning industry in Australia - 2013
- Cold hard facts: the refrigeration and air conditioning industry in Australia - 2008
- Considerations for the development and introduction of an issue-specific Environmental Improvement Plan for the Australian foam industry - 2004
- Environmental Impacts of Refrigerant gas in End of Life Vehicles in Australia - 2015
- Leaks, maintenance and emissions: Refrigeration and air conditioning equipment - 2021
- Natural refrigerants case studies - 2007
- Refrigerant emissions in Australia: sources, causes and remedies, 2010 - 2010
Fire protection
- Gaseous Fire Suppression Systems in Australia (Stage 1) - 2018
- Proposed regulations to manage ozone depleting substances and synthetic greenhouse gases used in the fire protection industry - 2004
Montreal Protocol
- Phasing out and phasing down substances controlled by the Montreal Protocol - 2021
- Australia’s progress towards meeting its commitments under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer - 2019 report - 2020
- Register of Montreal Protocol Countries - Imports and Exports of Ozone Depleting Substances
- Universal ratification of the Montreal Protocol brochure - 2009
Methyl bromide
- Legal use of methyl bromide - 2020
- Quarantine and Pre-shipment uses of methyl bromide 2013-2016 and the potential for its replacement - 2018
- Quarantine and Pre-shipment uses of methyl bromide, 2017-2020 - 2022