New Environmental Levy On Developing Bushland
Melbourne Strategic Assessment (Environment Mitigation Levy) Bill 2019
1st House
2nd House
Law
This Bill was sponsored by Liliana D'Ambrosio ( ALP )
This Bill was sponsored by Gavin Jennings ( ALP )
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Effects of Bill:
This bill being passed means that:
The amount of tax developers have to pay depends on how much habitat and trees are on the land they are going to develop into buildings
The new tax will help the Victorian government meet its obligations under the Federal EPBC Act (Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999)
Funds raised will be used to help threatened species listed as matters of national environment significance under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (the Golden Sun Moth, the Growling Grass Frog, the Southern Brown Bandicoot, the Matted Flax-lily, and the Spiny Rice-flower)
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