CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
Customs Charges bill | Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Customs Charges Imposition) Bill 2025 |
DCCEEW/the department | Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water |
EIA bill | Environment Information Australia Bill 2025 |
EIS | environmental impact statement |
EPBC Act | Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 |
EPR bill | Environment Protection Reform Bill 2025 |
Excise Charges bill | Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Excise Charges Imposition) Bill 2025 |
General Charges bill | Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (General Charges Imposition) Bill 2025 |
IESC | Independent Expert Scientific Committee |
MNES/protected matters | Matters of National Environmental Significance under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 |
National EPA | National Environmental Protection Agency |
National EPA bill | National Environmental Protection Agency Bill 2025 |
Nature Positive Plan | Nature Positive Plan: better for the environment, better for business |
NCA-PM decision | a decision that an action was not a controlled action because the Minister believed the action would be taken in a particular manner |
NGER | National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting |
NOPSEMA | National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority |
Offsets Standard | National Environmental Standard for Environmental Offsets |
Restoration Charge bill | Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Restoration Charge Imposition) Bill 2025 |
Scrutiny of Bills committee | Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills |
Special Account | Restoration Contributions Special Account |
Standards | National Environmental Standards |
the Charges bills | Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Restoration Charge Imposition) Bill 2025, Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (General Charges Imposition) Bill 2025, Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Customs Charges Imposition) Bill 2025, and Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Excise Charges Imposition) Bill 2025 |
the committee | Environment and Communications Legislation Committee |
the Minister | Commonwealth Minister for the Environment and Water |
the first decision | a decision about whether a proposed action is a controlled action and which provisions of Part 3 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 are controlling provisions (in the context of reconsideration) |
the Samuel Review | Independent review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 led by Professor Graeme Samuel AC |
the SCIC ground | substantial-change-in-circumstances ground (in the context of reconsideration) |
the SNI ground | substantial-new-information ground (in the context of reconsideration) |