On 16 April 2024, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek announced that rather than introducing the full package of legislation implementing the Nature Positive Plan, the Federal Government will implement reforms to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) in stages, with the new Environment Information Australia (EIA) established by stand-alone legislation in ‘stage two’. It is proposed EIA will be created within the Environment Department, under a new statutory head, and have responsibility for setting a baseline for, and recording achievement against, the goal of ‘nature positive.’
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