Bill
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Board of Management Functions) Bill 2025
passed, as at 2025-10-30. Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2025-08-27
- second reading — 2025-08-27
- second reading — 2025-09-03
- second reading — 2025-09-03
- third reading — 2025-09-03
- introduced — 2025-09-04
- second reading — 2025-09-04
- second reading — 2025-10-27
- second reading — 2025-10-28
- second reading — 2025-10-28
- third reading — 2025-10-28
- passed — 2025-10-28
- royal assent — 2025-10-30
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2025-08-27.
The bill would let boards of management for jointly managed Commonwealth reserves on Indigenous land keep making decisions after a management plan expires.
Decisions made during the gap would have to follow the most recent expired management plan until a new plan takes effect.
Management plans expire after 10 years, and the bill aims to prevent a gap in board decision-making when a replacement plan is not ready.
- Allows boards to continue decision-making after a management plan expires.
- Requires board decisions during the gap to be consistent with the most recent expired management plan.
- Ensures Indigenous participation in reserve management continues without interruption.
Traditional Owners and boards of management for Kakadu, Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa, and Booderee National Parks.
Sources
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