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Parks and Public Land Legislation Amendment (Central West and Other Matters) Bill 2025

25 Nov 2025: Passed by Parliament and signed off by the governor.

This bill kicks in: TBA

Legislative Assembly

Legislative Council

Assent

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Topics

crown land firewood collection land use leasable land public reserves

Introduced by: Gayle Tierney MLC (ALP); The Hon Steve Dimopoulos MP (ALP)

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Official page: progress through parliament

Effects of this bill

If this bill passes, it means that:

The Environment Secretary can designate specific areas of land on plan LEGL./24-214 as firewood collection areas
The Environment Secretary is prohibited from designating new firewood collection areas on or after 1 July 2029
Any land previously designated as a firewood collection area ceases to be one starting 1 July 2029
Crown Allotments 2143, 2144, 2145, 2146, 2147 and 2148 in the Parish of Jika Jika are added to the list of leasable land at the Carlton recreation ground