New Cost-Recovery Charges for the Administration of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Customs Charges Imposition) Bill 2025
House of Representatives
Senate
Assent
Topics
administrative charges biodiversity conservation environment protection environmental regulation
Introduced by: Senator the Hon Murray Watt (ALP)
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Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
The Debate
What different members said when this bill was debated:
“I rise today to support the Environment Protection Reform Bill 2025 and cognate bills. I rise to defend nature and I rise to stand up for the engines of our nation’s prosperity. I rise to speak to one of the most important topics in the country: the land itself. It is a land that my parents fell in love with more than 50 years ago.”
Michelle Landry LNP
“I rise to address the grave concerns that many constituents, stakeholders and industries in Capricornia and beyond have about the proposed changes to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act. While reform may sometimes be needed, what is before us is crippling industries that are pillars of our region and our nation.”
Libby Coker ALP
“Our environment is under pressure. Our laws to protect it are broken, and for too long those laws have not kept pace with the challenges we face. Whether it be safeguarding our iconic landscapes, protecting our threatened species or nurturing our unique ecosystems, our current laws are not working for our environment. Australians are concerned, and rightly so.”
Ben Small LIB
“Those opposite refer to the EPBC reforms in front of the House as ’groundbreaking’, but the very real concern that I have representing the electorate of Forrest is they’ll lead to no ground being broken at all.”
Anthony Albanese ALP
“For our government, the six months since the election have been all about delivery, delivering the policies that the Australian people voted for on 3 May: cutting student debt by 20 per cent; making it easier to buy a home, with five per cent deposits; protecting penalty rates and overtime pay; delivering real help with the cost of living through cheaper medicines; and, of course, starting last Sa…”
Julian Leeser LIB
“I rise to speak on the government’s latest attempt to rewrite the approvals framework that underpins jobs, investment and certainty in our economy. In 2024, I had the honour to deliver the Garfield Barwick oration.”
Sharon Claydon ALP
“I rise today as the federal member for Newcastle, a city deeply proud of its historical heart which sits alongside our world-class beaches and our internationally recognised wetlands, to speak in very strong support of this Environment Protection Reform Bill 2025. This bill is about far more than legislative reform.”
Mary Aldred LIB
“It’s a pleasure to follow the member for Newcastle, because, while we differ on a number of aspects of the Environment Protection Reform Bill 2025, as a new person to this place, I do appreciate the real sense of collegiality that she has shown towards me in the last six months. I’d like to record my sincere appreciation for that. It’s a pleasure to rise to speak on this bill.”
Josh Burns ALP
“I thank all of my colleagues who clearly have given up a bit of time in their day to come and listen to the contribution on the Environment Protection Reform Bill 2025. I’ll start my remarks by saying that I’m very fond of the member for Monash and hold her in high regard, but her comments about rushing this bill through the House are actually quite ironic.”