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• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Great Barrier Reef) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WATERS, Sen Larissa 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to: prohibit developments within and outside existing port areas along the Great Barrier Reef coastline; implement a moratorium from 20 March 2013 on approval of developments impacting on the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area until a strategic assessment is completed and deemed adequate by the World Heritage Committee; and prohibit approval of any developments that do not deliver a net benefit to the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Great Australian Bight) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Nov 2018 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  STORER, Sen Tim 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to require that any application to undertake petroleum or greenhouse gas related activity in the Great Australian Bight that is approved by the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority must be assessed a second time under the Act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Expanding the Water Trigger) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Oct 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SCAMPS, Sophie, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to expand the circumstances in which certain petroleum mining developments must be assessed and approved by the minister. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Emergency Listings) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Oct 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WATERS, Sen Larissa 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to provide for the emergency listing of threatened species and ecological communities where they are at risk from a significant and imminent threat. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Control of Power Station Emissions) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Jun 2008 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  ALLISON, Lyn 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to: provide for a set greenhouse gas emission intensity threshold to apply to all new power stations and require the responsible minister to approve the operation or construction of those power stations which meet this condition; establish a monitoring regime; and includes offence and penalty provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Climate Trigger) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Sep 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BANDT, Adam, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to: require actions that would emit between 25,000 to 100,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent scope 1 emissions in any one year to be assessed for approval under Part 9 of the Act; require the minister, when approving any such action or when considering whether to enter into a conservation agreement, to consider Australia’s national carbon budget and greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets; require the minister to reject the approval of actions that would emit over 100,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent scope 1 emissions; require the Climate Change Authority to develop a national carbon budget to 2050 and to annually assess the budget; prohibit the minister, subject to certain exceptions, from using alternative approval processes for certain emissions intensive actions; and introduce penalties for undertaking certain emissions intensive actions without approval if the action has, will have or is likely to have a significant impact on the environment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Climate Trigger) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2020 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to introduce penalties for an individual or body corporate undertaking actions which involve mining operations, drilling exploration, land clearing or is specified in the regulations (emissions-intensive actions) if the action has, will have or is likely to have a significant impact on the environment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Bioregional Plans) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Mar 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  COLBECK, Sen Richard 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to provide that bioregional plans are disallowable instruments which are subject to the

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Bilateral Agreement Implementation) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 May 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Environment 

  Summary

  Amends the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 in relation to bilateral agreements by providing that: states and territories can be accredited for approval decisions on large coal mining and coal seam gas developments likely to have a significant impact on a water resource; all states and territories can be declared for the purposes of requesting advice from the Independent Expert Scientific Committee; an approval process can be completed when an approval bilateral agreement is suspended, cancelled or ceases to apply to a particular action; state and territory processes that meet the appropriate standards can be accredited for bilateral agreements; a relevant bilateral agreement continues to apply to an accredited state or territory management arrangement or authorisation process despite minor amendments to the arrangement or authorisation process; and proponents do not need to make referrals to the Commonwealth for actions that are covered by an approval bilateral agreement. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Alpine Grazing) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 May 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  DI NATALE, Sen Richard 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to deem that the minister has: received from the Victorian Government a referral of its proposal to trial cattle grazing in the Alpine National Park; and decided that the trial of alpine grazing is unacceptable. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum