Abbreviations and acronyms

Abbreviations and acronyms

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)