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Queensland's Environmental Protection Agency (abbreviated to EPA) was for some time a separate department of the Queensland Government, and, following 2009 state elections, became a part of the Government's larger Department of Environment and Science. [1]
The general environmental duty means that no one, whether individual or business, [1] must carry out any activity that causes or is likely to cause environmental harm unless all reasonable and practicable measures to prevent or minimise the harm are taken. The general environmental duty can be assimilated to a duty of care.
The EDO Qld managed the case brought by conservationist Dr Carol Booth against a farmer using electric grids to kill the spectacled flying fox on one of Australia's largest lychee farms. This was the first case to be brought under the federal Environment Protection and Biological Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) (the EPBC Act). [11]
The Department of Environment and Heritage Protection was established in April 2012, [3] as part of a series of changes to the machinery of government after the LNP's win at the 2012 election. [4] The department took on most of the functions of the Department of Environment and Resource Management which was dissolved. [ 5 ]
Environment Protection Act 1993; Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999; Environmental Defender's Office NSW; Environmental Defenders Office (Qld) Inc. Environmental law in Victoria; Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979
The act is administered by the state's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). There are provisions under the act which allow landholders to negotiate voluntary conservation agreements with the EPA. There are provisions under the act which allow landholders to negotiate voluntary conservation agreements with the EPA.
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) is an Act of the Parliament of Australia that provides a framework for protection of the Australian environment, including its biodiversity and its natural and culturally significant places.
Environmental Protection Act 1994; Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 – centerpiece environmental legislation in Australia [21] Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Act 1981; Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975; Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989; National Environment Protection Council ...