2006 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 - Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2006
- Changes to the EPBC Act - What you need to know - brochure - 2006
Environment assessment process
- Environment assessment process — referral, assessment/decision whether to approve - flowchart - 2007
- Environment assessment process - fact sheet - 2007
- Referral of proposed action form
Compliance, enforcement and auditing
- Compliance audits completed in 2009 - Summary of findings - 2009
- Compliance audits completed in 2008 - Summary of findings - 2009
- Compliance audits completed in 2007 - Summary of findings - 2007
- Burnett River Dam (Paradise Dam) - final compliance audit report - 2007
- Compliance audits completed in 2006 - Summary of findings - 2007
- Compliance monitoring and auditing - fact sheet - 2009
- Compliance and enforcement - fact sheet - 2007
- Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts Compliance and Enforcement Policy - 2009
Heritage
- Protecting heritage places - fact sheet - 2007
- List of overseas places of historic significance to Australia - fact sheet - 2007
Threatened species and ecological communities
- Listing threatened species, ecological communities and key threatening processes - fact sheet - 2007
- Recovery action for threatened species and ecological communities - fact sheet - 2007
- Threatened species home page
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