Urban Development Institute of Australia submission on the proposed National Environmental Law Reforms (Environmental Reforms), under the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) that were reviewed in the EBPC Lockup 30-31 October.
UDIA is a strong supporter of the Government’s initiative to overhaul the EPBC Act to streamline assessments and approvals. We appreciate the Minister and Department’s consultative approach to a complex and important suite of reforms.
We have provided a summary of the main issues we see following our review of the consultation documents provided during EPBC lockup 1.
While there is not yet enough detail on standards, process and guidelines to confirm if the reformed EPBC Act will improve the process, we have identified several issues that can be addressed now to ensure the EBPC is fair, practical, balanced and achieves the environmental objectives.
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