Francesca Muskovic

Executive Director, Policy

Francesca is one of Australia’s most influential and expert climate policy leaders. She joined IGCC after almost ten years at the Property Council of Australia.

As the council’s National Policy Director, Francesca led the property industry’s national policy and advocacy agenda on sustainability, cities, housing and regulatory affairs.

Francesca represents industry on numerous Government advisory boards, including as a Non-Executive Director of the Australian Building Codes Board. In November 2024 The Australian recognised Francesca as one of the country’s top 100 energy players.

Francesca also co-hosts the popular climate and energy podcast Let Me Sum Up, which has become industry and policy insiders’ go-to source of specialist analysis and commentary.

Submission: Fossil methane is a near-term abatement opportunity

Submission | Anna Hancock | 7 August 2026

Our submission to the Climate Change Authority’s consultation on fossil methane. Top points: The Government should strengthen methane disclosure so that
methane’s near-term potency is made explicit, and the Safeguard Mechanism Review should lead to reforms that support more
and earlier on-site abatement.

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Advocacy Win: Renewables Receive Favourable Tax Treatment

20 August 2026

Government and the Greens agree to progress CGT legislation with an extended transition period for renewables

Safeguard Mechanism Reforms: How to Futureproof Industry

17 August 2026

New modelling by EY shows the lowest-cost, most-efficient settings for the Safeguard Mechanism to guide Australia's industrial base to long term success.

Submission: One barrier might come down, but superannuation performance test reforms won’t unlock climate investment on their own

Submission | Katharina Surikow (IGCC) | 19 June 2026

Changing the superannuation performance test is not the single ‘silver bullet’ solution – in and of itself, reform of the performance test may remove a barrier to investment in some asset classes for some investors, but it will not act as an incentive for more investment. IGCC urges the government to consider any proposed changes to the performance test in the context of all other policy changes available to it that could, or seek to, influence investment in net zero.

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Submission on methane accounting standards under NGERS legislation

13 May 2026

Investors rely on reported emissions data to provide an accurate picture of companies’ emissions and transition risk, to assess current and prospective investments as well as the risk to asset value.