Recent amendments to the EPBC Act
The Australian Government's amendments to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) were passed by the Parliament on 7 December 2006.
The bulk of the amendments commenced on 19 February 2007.
What has changed?
- Text of the Amending Act
- Explanatory memorandum
- Second reading speech
- Changes to the EPBC Act - What you need to know - brochure
Environment assessment process
- Flowchart: Environment assessment process — referral and assessment/decision whether to approve
- Environment assessment process fact sheet
- Referral form
Compliance, enforcement and auditing
Heritage
- Protecting heritage places fact sheet
- List of overseas places of historic significance to Australia fact sheet
Threatened species and ecological communities
- Listing threatened species, ecological communities and key threatening processes fact sheet
- Recovery action for threatened species and ecological communities fact sheet
- Threatened species home page
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