The Hawke Report
On 31 October 2008 the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts commissioned an independent review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), the Australian Government's central piece of environmental legislation. Section 522A of the EPBC Act requires it to be reviewed every 10 years from its commencement.
The review was undertaken by Dr Allan Hawke.The aim of the report is to review the performance of the Act and, consistent with the objective of protecting the environment and biological diversity and maintain ecological processes, to recommend reforms that:
- promote the sustainability of Australia's economic development
- reduce and simplify the regulatory burden
- ensure activities under the Act represent the most efficient and *effective ways of achieving desired environmental outcomes
- are based on an effective federal arrangement.
The Final Report was delivered to the Minister on 30 October 2009 and publicly released on 21 December 2009.
Read more about this topic: Environment Protection And Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
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