Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the EPBC Act) is the Australian Government's central piece of environmental legislation. It provides a legal framework to protect and manage nationally and internationally important flora, fauna, ecological communities and heritage places — defined in the Act as matters of national environmental significance. More about the EPBC Act

Public comment open on draft Magnetic Island Policy Statement

Comments are invited on the draft Magnetic Island Policy Statement. The draft Policy statement is one of a series of Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) policy statements aimed at providing more detailed guidance on how the EPBC Act may apply to specific places, species, ecological communities or industry sectors and activities.

Russian Sturgeon import into Australia – draft assessment report

Comments are invited on the draft assessment report on the suitability for importing the Russian Sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii) into Australia.

Molonglo and North Weston Strategic Assessment

The Commonwealth Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts and the ACT Minister for Planning have agreed to undertake a strategic assessment of the proposed Molonglo and North Weston Structure Plan.

Gunns pulp mill environmental assessment deadline extended

The deadline that Gunns Ltd has to complete the Environmental Impact Management Plan (EIMP) of it's proposed Bell Bay Pulp Mill has been extended until 5 January 2009.

Enforceable undertaking in Victoria

The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts has accepted an enforceable undertaking in relation to the clearing of 8 ha of native grassland. The native grassland provided important habitat for the striped legless lizard, listed as vulnerable under the EPBC Act.