{"id":346136,"date":"2025-12-16T00:18:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T00:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/activist\/australias-nature-laws-are-finally-up-for-reform-but-will-they-be-strong-enough-to-protect-what-matters\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T00:18:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T00:18:12","slug":"australias-nature-laws-are-finally-up-for-reform-but-will-they-be-strong-enough-to-protect-what-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=346136","title":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s Nature Laws Are Finally Up for Reform. But Will They Be Strong Enough to Protect What Matters?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>This week marks a major moment in Australia\u2019s long and frustrating struggle to fix its broken national nature laws. The federal government has finally tabled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.au\/article\/albanese-government-stalls-on-its-big-nature-promise\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.au\/article\/albanese-government-stalls-on-its-big-nature-promise\/\">long-awaited reforms<\/a> to the <strong>Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act<\/strong>, a piece of legislation that has, ever since it was enacted, failed to protect Australia\u2019s unique wildlife and ecosystems.<\/p>\n<p>But the bill the government has put forward, while offering some positive new legal architecture, unfortunately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.au\/news\/epbc-reforms-must-be-significantly-improved-to-deliver-for-nature\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.au\/news\/epbc-reforms-must-be-significantly-improved-to-deliver-for-nature\/\">falls far too short<\/a>. Critical gaps in addressing deforestation and climate impacts from big coal and gas projects remain, and there is far too much leeway in how the federal environment minister is allowed to apply the law under the proposed new provisions. We\u2019re calling on the Australian Parliament to fix these significant problems and pass laws that properly protect nature.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.au\/static\/planet4-australiapacific-stateless\/2025\/10\/a3168bb8-gp0su2em7_pressmedia-2500px-1024x598.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.au\/static\/planet4-australiapacific-stateless\/2025\/10\/a3168bb8-gp0su2em7_pressmedia-2500px-1024x598.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.au\/static\/planet4-australiapacific-stateless\/2025\/10\/a3168bb8-gp0su2em7_pressmedia-2500px-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.au\/static\/planet4-australiapacific-stateless\/2025\/10\/a3168bb8-gp0su2em7_pressmedia-2500px-768x448.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.au\/static\/planet4-australiapacific-stateless\/2025\/10\/a3168bb8-gp0su2em7_pressmedia-2500px-1536x896.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.au\/static\/planet4-australiapacific-stateless\/2025\/10\/a3168bb8-gp0su2em7_pressmedia-2500px-2048x1195.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.au\/static\/planet4-australiapacific-stateless\/2025\/10\/a3168bb8-gp0su2em7_pressmedia-2500px-510x298.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Piles of trees rotting and on fire, following a deforestation event in Queensland. \u00a9 Paul Hilton \/ Greenpeace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Background: A Broken System Finally Gets Attention<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s been widely acknowledged for over a decade that the EPBC Act is deeply flawed. Despite being Australia\u2019s key environmental law, it has done little to stop habitat loss, species decline, and the relentless clearing of native forests. Native habitat equal to an area the size of Tasmania has been bulldozed in Australia since the EPBC Act came into force in 2000\u2014a stark reminder of the ineffectiveness of the laws.<\/p>\n<p>A major independent review five years ago laid out a roadmap for reform, recommending stronger protections for nature <em>and<\/em> streamlined approvals for business, including renewable energy projects. The idea was simple: if we establish strong, science-based rules up front and create an <strong>independent environmental regulator<\/strong>, we can both protect nature and provide greater certainty for ecologically sustainable development.<\/p>\n<p>Last term the government attempted a partial reform, mainly to establish a national EPA (Environment Protection Authority), but unfortunately this did not eventuate. Now, under new Federal Environment Minister <strong>Murray Watt<\/strong>, Labor is trying again and attempting to move at great speed to deliver a full package of legislative reforms before the end of the year.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.au\/static\/planet4-australiapacific-stateless\/2025\/10\/1a4748aa-gp0stupkp_pressmedia-2500px-1024x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.au\/static\/planet4-australiapacific-stateless\/2025\/10\/1a4748aa-gp0stupkp_pressmedia-2500px-1024x700.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.au\/static\/planet4-australiapacific-stateless\/2025\/10\/1a4748aa-gp0stupkp_pressmedia-2500px-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.au\/static\/planet4-australiapacific-stateless\/2025\/10\/1a4748aa-gp0stupkp_pressmedia-2500px-768x525.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.au\/static\/planet4-australiapacific-stateless\/2025\/10\/1a4748aa-gp0stupkp_pressmedia-2500px-1536x1050.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.au\/static\/planet4-australiapacific-stateless\/2025\/10\/1a4748aa-gp0stupkp_pressmedia-2500px-2048x1400.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.au\/static\/planet4-australiapacific-stateless\/2025\/10\/1a4748aa-gp0stupkp_pressmedia-2500px-1998x1366.jpg 1998w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.au\/static\/planet4-australiapacific-stateless\/2025\/10\/1a4748aa-gp0stupkp_pressmedia-2500px-497x340.jpg 497w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A koala and her joey are pictured at Wildlife HQ, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. All the koalas at Wildlife HQ, have been rescued or are presently being rehabilitated for release. \u00a9 Paul Hilton \/ Earth Tree Imag<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What\u2019s in the Reform Package?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>While there is new legal architecture that could be made strong (new rules and standards and a national Environment Protection Authority), ultimately the current package falls well short of what is actually needed to protect nature. Major improvements are essential to the Bill that is now before the parliament.<\/p>\n<p>At Greenpeace we have four major tests of success:<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. Closing the Deforestation Loopholes<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>In the current laws, agriculture (particularly beef) and native forest logging remain virtually exempt from the Act, even though deforestation is one of Australia\u2019s major drivers of species extinction and carbon emissions. The current provisions in the Bill do not close these glaring loopholes. Without reform here, Australia\u2019s forests, and the wildlife that depend on them remain hideously vulnerable to the mass destruction of bulldozers and chainsaws that currently has our country recognised as a global deforestation hotspot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>This is a big issue we need to keep pushing on to fix\u2014these reforms are not credible without action to close the loopholes around deforestation<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. Stronger Upfront Protections<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The government is introducing stronger upfront environmental tests (the \u201cunacceptable impacts\u201d test), giving the Minister the power to reject development projects outright before assessment if they are going to do serious damage to nature.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-green-800-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-557a280bfac29a2f71bf06d2138e34dc\"><strong>This could be made into a strong element of reformed laws<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>They are proposing to introduce \u2018national environmental standards\u2019 for those projects and regional plans which do get assessed and developed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-green-800-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8283e2fc607a20a7e305d6a79dccd0f0\"><strong>This could give clearer delineation of what needs to be done to protect nature but details are yet to be released and there\u2019s too much wriggle room proposed for how these standards are applied<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>There will be higher penalties and the power to halt projects that breach conditions are excellent additions.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-green-800-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e5ae45f674f21c0e996a3b0a5bd3ea3a\"><strong>This is good and has been a long time coming, but does not work as a standalone if the rest of the laws don\u2019t do what\u2019s needed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>They are proposing to overhaul the <strong>biodiversity offset scheme<\/strong>, introducing a \u2018net gain\u2019 test where developers are meant to ensure improved overall nature protection and the \u2018mitigation hierarchy\u2019 where they have to prove they have tried to avoid and mitigate nature impacts before buying offsets.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-green-800-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ffd30330ff5168cfe3426e09dd916e06\"><strong>But they are planning an offset fund which risks becoming a way for businesses to circumvent obligations, enabling developers to just buy their way out of responsibility- not a good thing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A proposal for a system of \u2018accreditation\u2019 which would allow states that meet new rules and standards to undertake assessment and approval of development projects.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-green-800-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-603646006b9e0f38a296b4cc5feeaab8\"><strong>This is deeply concerning. The Commonwealth should retain its approval powers-especially over damaging fossil fuel projects<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A proposal to expand on a \u2018national interest\u2019 exemption, giving the Environment Minister greater scope to circumvent the new proposed rules.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-green-800-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3f66b7eeb52c6d2285cad15974487f6a\"><strong>This is also deeply concerning. This exemption should be tightened to emergencies and security purposes only.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. A Strong and Independent National Regulator<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>We will finally see the creation of a <strong>National Environment Protection Authority (EPA)<\/strong> \u2014 a long-overdue step. However, the Minister will still retain the power to override some decisions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-green-800-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4436dd265237527dba309a3b644394a1\"><strong>The proposed level of ministerial discretion risks undermining the regulator\u2019s independence and the overall protective functioning of the Act, and would extend one of the core failures of the current system.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>4. Embedding Climate Considerations<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Astonishingly, the new national nature law still does not require decision-makers to consider climate impacts. The government has ruled out a <strong>\u2018climate trigger\u2019<\/strong> that would require assessment of projects with significant emissions. This omission leaves Australia\u2019s environment exposed to worsening heat, drought, bushfires, and floods driven by fossil fuel expansion. In order to be credible, the EPBC must be meaningfully cognizant of the physical reality of the impact of global warming on the environment and biodiversity that it is intended to protect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-green-800-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-05cb18f20a9922aba212aaffb392eb8c\"><strong>This is another big issue on which we need to keep pushing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As our <strong>CEO David Ritter<\/strong> put it:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Albanese government was returned to power promising to fix Australia\u2019s broken nature laws and the Bills as they stand do not deliver on that promise. We strongly support overhauling Australia\u2019s broken nature laws. But the Bills as tabled fail to address the two key drivers of extinction and the destruction of nature-deforestation and climate change\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.au\/static\/planet4-australiapacific-stateless\/2025\/10\/82cb18d1-gp0su1syp_pressmedia-2500px-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.au\/static\/planet4-australiapacific-stateless\/2025\/10\/82cb18d1-gp0su1syp_pressmedia-2500px-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.au\/static\/planet4-australiapacific-stateless\/2025\/10\/82cb18d1-gp0su1syp_pressmedia-2500px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.au\/static\/planet4-australiapacific-stateless\/2025\/10\/82cb18d1-gp0su1syp_pressmedia-2500px-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.au\/static\/planet4-australiapacific-stateless\/2025\/10\/82cb18d1-gp0su1syp_pressmedia-2500px-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.au\/static\/planet4-australiapacific-stateless\/2025\/10\/82cb18d1-gp0su1syp_pressmedia-2500px-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.au\/static\/planet4-australiapacific-stateless\/2025\/10\/82cb18d1-gp0su1syp_pressmedia-2500px-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">David Ritter, Greenpeace Australia Pacific CEO, meets with experts and bears witness to deforestation. \u00a9 Greenpeace \/ Toby Davidson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Road Ahead<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Bills have been tabled in Parliament, and debate is about to heat up. Now the reforms head to a <strong>Senate Inquiry<\/strong> \u2014 where key negotiations with the Greens, the Coalition and crossbenchers will determine the final shape of the law.<\/p>\n<p>If the Senate moves quickly, the reforms could pass by late November. Alternatively the process could carry into the new year when Parliament next sits.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.au\/static\/planet4-australiapacific-stateless\/2025\/10\/e9cef5cf-gp0su1guc_pressmedia-2500px-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.au\/static\/planet4-australiapacific-stateless\/2025\/10\/e9cef5cf-gp0su1guc_pressmedia-2500px-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.au\/static\/planet4-australiapacific-stateless\/2025\/10\/e9cef5cf-gp0su1guc_pressmedia-2500px-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.au\/static\/planet4-australiapacific-stateless\/2025\/10\/e9cef5cf-gp0su1guc_pressmedia-2500px-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.au\/static\/planet4-australiapacific-stateless\/2025\/10\/e9cef5cf-gp0su1guc_pressmedia-2500px-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.au\/static\/planet4-australiapacific-stateless\/2025\/10\/e9cef5cf-gp0su1guc_pressmedia-2500px-2048x1151.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.au\/static\/planet4-australiapacific-stateless\/2025\/10\/e9cef5cf-gp0su1guc_pressmedia-2500px-510x287.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An aerial view of a spectacular intact native forest in Queensland. \u00a9 Greenpeace \/ Paul Hilton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What Needs to Happen Next<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Parliament must now work together to fix the gaps in these Bills. Australia needs <strong>a nature law that actually protects nature<\/strong>. One that:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Closes the loopholes that allow deforestation and logging to continue unchecked<\/li>\n<li>Embeds climate considerations into the functioning of the Act<\/li>\n<li>Limits ministerial discretion and strengthens the independence of the EPA<\/li>\n<li>Ensures there are strong upfront nature protections in place<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Meaningful action to address the <strong>climate and nature crises<\/strong> will not only safeguard ecosystems, it will secure a safer, more liveable future for all Australians and reinforce our global reputation as a clean, green country.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After years of advocacy, research, and tireless campaigning, we\u2019re closer than ever to real change. But the coming weeks will be crucial. The decisions made now will shape the fate of Australia\u2019s forests, wildlife, and climate for generations to come.<\/p>\n<p>So strap in\u2013the fight for Australia to have effective national nature laws is entering its most important phase yet.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week marks a major moment in Australia\u2019s long and frustrating struggle to fix its broken national nature laws. The federal government has finally tabled long-awaited reforms to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act, a piece of legislation that has, ever since it was enacted, failed to protect Australia\u2019s unique wildlife and ecosystems. 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