Submission – Inquiry into the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Reconsideration of Decisions) Bill 2024
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Reconsideration of Decisions) Bill 2024 seeks to limit the time allowed to reconsider decisions, and on those who may seek reconsideration, to three years.
The Australia Institute does not support this Bill, stating it is “unnecessary and regressive”.
Most importantly, this Bill will make it harder to assess actions which have a significant detrimental impact on the environment – in this case, the potential extinction of the endangered Murgean skate, which can only be found Macquarie Harbour in Tasmania.