Inquiry into the operation of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

• Terms of reference
• Getting involved in Senate committee inquiries
• Submissions received
• Public hearings and transcripts
• First report
• Interim report (PDF 38KB)
• Second and final report
• Government Response (PDF 2942KB)

Under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, the Commonwealth Government is required to conduct a review of the operation of the Act 10 years after its commencement. That review, currently underway, is independent from the Senate committee inquiry. For more information about the independent review, please visit the webpage of the review at: http://www.environment.gov.au/epbc/review/index.html.

View the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

Please find here the 2002/03 ANAO audit report, titled Referrals, Assessment and Approvals under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, referred to in the Terms of Reference. There was also a further 2006/07 ANAO audit report relevant to the current inquiry, titled The Conservation and Protection of National Threatened Species and Ecological Communities.

For further information, contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Environment, Communications and the Arts
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone:	+61 2 6277 3526
Fax:	+61 2 6277 5818
Email:	eca.sen@aph.gov.au