Parliament of Australia:Senate:Committees:Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Committee:Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2006 [Provisions]

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Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2006 [Provisions]

21 November 2006

View the report as a single document - (PDF 610KB)

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Committee Membership	(PDF 160KB)
Recommendations

Chapter 1 - Background	(PDF 159KB)
Referral and conduct of the inquiry Scope of the report Background to the bill Outline of the bill General position on the proposed amendments

Chapter 2 - Streamlining of Approvals Processes	(PDF 174KB)
Current law Rationale for change Changes proposed by the bill Comments and concerns Conclusion Committee view

Chapter 3 - Heritage Listings and Nomination	(PDF 161KB)
Current law Rationale for the change Changes proposed by the bill Comments and concerns Conclusion Committee view

Chapter 4 - Compliance and Enforcement	(PDF 181KB)
Introduction Changes proposed by the bill Enforcement issues Collecting evidence Committee view

Chapter 5 - Threatened Species and Ecological Communities	(PDF 211KB)
Current law Rationale for change Changes proposed by the bill Comments and concerns Conclusion

Chapter 6 - Other Issues	(PDF 150KB)
Triggers for matters of National Environmental Significance Review of ministerial decisions Departmental resources

Minority Report by Labor and Australian Greens Senators	(PDF 224KB)
Consultation process and conduct of the inquiry Climate Change Review of Ministerial decisions and third party enforcement Penalties Resourcing Threatened species nominations and listing Heritage nominations and listing Conclusion

Additional comments by the Australian Greens	(PDF 136KB)

Democrats Minority Report	(PDF 232KB)

Appendix 1 - Submissions, Tabled Documents and Additional Information	(PDF 103KB)

Appendix 2 - Public Hearings	(PDF 107KB)

Correspondence published by the committee regarding the report:

The Australian Network of Environmental Defender's Offices (PDF 793KB)

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Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts
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Email: ecita.sen@aph.gov.au