Bill
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Protecting Environmental Heritage) Bill 2024
lapsed, as at 2025-07-21.
- Sponsor
- Canavan
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2024-02-27
- second reading — 2024-02-27
- other — 2025-07-21
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 2024-02-27.
The bill would add large wind and solar projects to the environmental review system under the EPBC Act.
It creates a new category of controlled actions requiring approval if they could significantly harm the natural environment, with penalties for breaching the rules.
The changes would start the day after the bill becomes law.
- Introduces a new review trigger for all large-scale wind and solar projects.
- Establishes civil penalties and offences for projects with significant environmental impact unless approved under Part 9 of the EPBC Act.
- Operates similarly to existing triggers for other developments like coal seam gas.
Proponents of large-scale wind and solar energy projects.
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