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Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

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Submissions to the Independent review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

On 31 October 2008, Dr Hawke called for public input into the review and encouraged all interested parties to make a written submission to the review. This coincided with the release of a discussion paper which identifies the main issues being considered under the review. Submissions were also requested in response to the terms of reference for the review.

The period for written public submissions closed on 19 December 2008.

Submissions are made available in two formats where possible. If you are unable to read a submission, please contact us

See also: Comments on the Interim Report of the Independent review, released on 29 June 2009.

Submissions received

Submission number	Submitter
001	Mr John Leonard (PDF - 10 KB) |  (RTF - 6 KB)
002	Climate Action Coogee (PDF - 25 KB) |  (RTF - 18 KB)
003	Mr David Milledge (PDF - 8.5 MB)
004	Confidential (name withheld)
005	Wildlife Protection Association of Australia (PDF - 390 KB)
006	Unimin Australia (confidential)
007	Ms Helen Pedel (PDF - 30 KB) |  (RTF - 20 KB)
008	Climate Action Network Australia (CANA) (PDF - 118 KB)
009	Mr Ralph Cooper (PDF - 27 KB) |  (RTF - 15 KB)
010	Heritage Management Consultants (PDF - 64 KB) | |  (RTF - 130 KB)
011	Dr Charles Lawson (PDF - 111 KB) |  (RTF - 187 KB)
012	Nexus Energy (PDF - 263 KB)
013	Tasmanian Community Resource Auditors (PDF - 80 KB)  Attachment (PDF - 340 KB)
014	Ms Julie Vint (PDF - 916 KB)
015	Ms Estelle Ross (PDF - 24 KB) |  (RTF - 45 KB)
016	Mr John Haywood (PDF - 17 KB) |  (RTF - 17 KB)
017	Dr Chris McGrath (PDF - 268 KB)
018	Ipswich City Council (PDF - 90 KB) |  (RTF - 39 KB)
019	Mr Brendan Casey (PDF - 71 KB)
020	Environment Tasmania (PDF - 134 KB)
021	Magnetic Island Nature Care Association (MINCA) (PDF - 69 KB)
022	Mr Graham Bowrey and Dr Ciorstan Smark (PDF - 147 KB)
023	Nature Conservation Society of South Australia (PDF - 83 KB)
024	Water Corporation (PDF - 249 KB)
025	Finch Society of Australia (PDF - 47 KB)
026	Ms Mary Chandler (PDF - 223 KB) |  (zip compressed RTF - 2.0 MB)
027	Associate Professor Paul Adam (PDF - 183 KB) |  (RTF - 63 KB)
028	National Trust of Australia (New South Wales) (PDF - 1.3 MB)
029	Centralwest Environment Council (PDF - 51 KB) |  (RTF - 233 KB)
030	North East Bioregional Network (PDF - 38 KB) |  (RTF - 3.0 MB)
031	Ms Tracy Norman (PDF - 38 KB) |  (RTF - 8 KB)
032	Ms Kellie Gee (PDF - 92 KB) |  (RTF - 15 KB)
033	Hunter Bird Observers Club (HBOC) (PDF - 83 KB) |  (RTF - 298 KB)
034	LAWROC (confidential)
035	Shoalhaven City Council (PDF - 269 KB)
036	Mr Malcolm Mars (PDF - 58 KB) |  (RTF - 19 KB)
037	Coalition Against Duck Shooting (PDF - 47 KB) |  (RTF - 47 KB)
038	Australian Forest Growers (AFG) (PDF - 72 KB)
039	Australian Council of National Trusts (PDF - 400 KB)
040	Mr Mal Anderson (PDF - 65 KB) |  (RTF - 15 KB)
041	Mr Stephen Burgess and Ms Elaine Bradley (PDF - 187 KB)
042	Australasian Regional Association for Zoological Parks and Aquaria (ARAZPA) (PDF - 67 KB) |  (RTF - 122 KB)
043	Mr Derek Fenton (PDF - 114 KB) |  (RTF - 79 KB)
044	Mr Jason Cabarrus (confidential)
045	Mary River Catchment Coordinating Committee (MRCCC) (PDF - 140 KB)
046	Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre (PDF - 90 KB)
047	Landcom (PDF - 246 KB)
048	Ms Ann Jelinek (PDF - 174 KB)
049	The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC) (PDF - 117 KB)
050	Adelaide Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (PDF - 114 KB)
051	Healesville Environment Watch (PDF - 37 KB) |  (RTF - 253 KB)
052	Save the Mary River (PDF - 25 KB) |  (RTF - 30 KB)
053	Mr Graeme Steinbeck (PDF - 21 KB) |  (RTF - 20 KB)
054	Save Ralphs Bay (PDF - 53 KB) |  (RTF - 47 KB)
055	Conservation Council (ACT Region) (PDF - 311 KB) |  (RTF - 1.0 MB)
056	Central Local Region of Government South Australia (PDF - 92 KB)
057	Bat Advocacy New South Wales (PDF - 46 KB)
058	Eastern Hills and Murray Plains Catchment Group (PDF - 90 KB) |  (RTF - 787 KB)
059	Confidential (name withheld)
060	Manly Council (PDF - 3922 KB)
061	Delfin Lend Lease (confidential)
062	Whales Alive (PDF - 75 KB)
063	Mineral Council (New South Wales) (PDF - 1.9 MB)
064	Bird Observation and Conservation Australia (BOCA) (PDF - 146 KB) |  (RTF - 306 KB)
065	BP Australia (PDF - 59 KB)
066	Birds Australia (PDF - 98 KB) |  (RTF - 1.7 MB)
067	Santos (PDF - 134 KB)
068	I F Turnbull (PDF - 175 KB) |  (RTF - 18 KB)
069	Greater Blue Mountains Advisory Committee (PDF - 42 KB) |  (RTF - 417 KB)
070	Cumberland Bird Observers Club (PDF - 16 KB)
071	Botanicus Australia (confidential)
072	Lyndon De Vantier (PDF - 22 KB) |  (RTF - 40 KB)
073	Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) (PDF - 239 KB)
074	New South Wales Young Lawyers Environmental Law Committee (PDF - 109 KB)
075	Eurobodalla Shire Council (PDF - 510 KB)
076	Sunshine Coast Environment Council (PDF - 116 KB) |  (RTF - 1.0 MB)
077	Local Government and Shires Association of New South Wales (LGSA) (PDF - 70 KB) |  (RTF - 707 KB)
078	Confidential (name withheld)
079	Commonwealth Fish Association (CFA) (PDF - 230 KB)
080	Dr Jane Lennon (PDF - 119 KB) |  (RTF - 134 KB)
081	Ms Catherine Cheung (PDF - 24 KB)
082	Confidential (name withheld)
083	Magnificus Avaries (confidential)
084	New South Wales Wader Study Group (PDF - 33 KB) |  (RTF - 16 KB)
085	Confidential (name withheld)
086	Greenpeace (PDF - 94 KB)
087	Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ) (PDF - 143 KB) |  (RTF - 526 KB)
088	Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) (PDF - 2.7 MB)
089	WA Recreational and Sportfishing Council (Recfishwest) (PDF - 1.2 MB)
090	AgForce (PDF - 46KB) |  (RTF - 361 KB)
091	Applied Environmental Decision Analysis (AEDA) (PDF - 27 KB) |  (RTF - 14 KB)
092	Friends of Grasslands (FoG) (PDF - 122 KB) |  (RTF - 194 KB)
093	ALP Members Opposed to Duck Shooting (MoDS) (PDF - 167 KB) |  (RTF - 470 KB)
094	South East Water (SE Water) (PDF - 594 KB)
095	Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) (PDF - 207 KB)
096	Mr Brett Odgers (PDF - 66 KB) |  (RTF - 13 KB)
097	Mr Peter Hemphill and Mr Tom Kaveney (PDF - 74 KB)
098	Office of the Commissioner of Sustainability and the Environment (Australian Capital Territory) (PDF - 288 KB)
099	Fraser Island Defenders Organisation (FIDO) (PDF - 85 KB) |  (RTF - 314 KB)
100	National Parks Association of Queensland (NPAQ) (PDF - 24 KB) |  (RTF - 42 KB)
101	Mr Jamie Pittock, Dr Debra Saunders, Ms Karen Stagoll (PDF - 71 KB) |  (RTF - 146 KB)
102	Healthy Cities Illawarra (PDF - 40 KB) |  (RTF - 277 KB)
103	Ku-ring-gai Bat Conservation Society (PDF - 41 KB)
104	Professor David Farrier (PDF - 63 KB) |  (RTF - 53 KB)
105	Noosa Integrated Catchment Association (PDF - 66 KB) |  (RTF - 32 KB)
106	Confidential (name withheld)
107	Confidential (name withheld)
108	National Finch and Softbill Association (NFSA) (PDF - 86 KB)
109	Canberra Ornithologist Group (COG) (PDF - 96 KB) |  (RTF - 174 KB)
110	The Blue Gum High Forest Group (PDF - 44 KB)
111	South Australian Chamber of Mines and Energy (SACOME) (PDF - 40 KB)
112	Australian Recreational and Sportfishing Industry Confederation (Recfish Australia) (PDF - 199 KB)
113	Confidential (name withheld)
114	Mr David White (PDF - 16 KB) |  (RTF - 21 KB)
115	Still Wild Still Threatened (PDF - 6.0 MB)
116	Mackay Conservation Group (PDF - 46 KB) |  (RTF - 49 KB)
117	International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) (PDF - 75 KB)
118	Moreland Energy Foundation (PDF - 50 KB)
119	Colong Foundation for Wilderness (PDF - 992 KB)
120	Woodside Energy (Woodside) (PDF - 241 KB)
121	Sunshine Coast Regional Council (PDF - 476 KB)
122	National Generators Forum (NGF) (PDF - 91 KB) |  (RTF - 1.7 MB)
123	Recreational Fishing Alliance of NSW (Recfish NSW) (PDF - 303 KB) |  (RTF - 134 KB)
124	Magnetic Island Community Development Association (MICDA) 12 and 19 Dec (PDF - 180 KB) |  12 Dec (RTF - 185 KB) |  19 Dec (RTF - 356 KB)
125	Save the Mary River Coordinating Group (PDF - 2.4 MB)
126	Hamilton Field Naturalist Club (HNFC) (PDF - 42 KB) |  (RTF - 94 KB)
127	Peel Harvey Catchment Council (PDF - 142 KB)
128	Confidential (name withheld)
129	The Greater Mary Association (GMA) (PDF - 41 KB) |  (RTF - 54 KB)
130	Jon Altman, Sean Kerins, Emilie Ens and Geoff Buchanan (PDF - 43 KB)
131	Garner Beach Habitat Action Group (GHAG) (PDF - 1.8 MB) |  (RTF - 109 KB)
132	Mr Jeremy Tager (PDF - 132 KB)
133	National Association of Forest Industries (NAFI) (PDF - 386 KB)
133a	National Association of Forest Industries (NAFI) (PDF - 544 KB)
134	Wet Tropics Management Authority (PDF - 23 KB)
135	CSIRO (PDF - 94 KB)
136	National Farmers' Federation (NFF) (PDF - 434 KB)
137	Dr Matthew Rimmer (PDF - 25 KB)
138	Mr Kerin Booth (PDF - 38 KB) |  (RTF - 42 KB)
139	Hydro Tasmania / Roaring 40s (PDF - 139 KB)
140	Mr Duncan Marshall (PDF - 126 KB)
141	Confidential (name withheld)
142	Powerlink (Queensland) (PDF - 242 KB)
143	Department of Industry and Resources (Western Australia) (DoIR) (PDF - 705 KB)
144	Ms Maria Riedl (PDF - 3439 KB)
145	Office of the Commissioner of Sustainability and the Environment (Victoria) (PDF - 295 KB) |   (RTF - 93 KB)
146	City of Wanneroo (PDF - 950 KB)
147	Ourimbah Precinct Committee (PDF - 1379 KB)
148	Australian Property Institute (API) (PDF - 86 KB)
149	Urban Taskforce Australia (PDF - 497 KB)
150	New South Wales Scientific Committee (PDF - 2068 KB)
151	Southern Rivers Catchment Management Authority (SRCMA) (PDF - 147 KB) |  (RTF - 1.5 MB)
152	North Queensland Conservation Council (PDF - 36 KB) |  (RTF - 132 KB)
153	The Wilderness Society (TWS) (PDF - 408 KB) |  (zip compressed RTF - 1.2 MB)
154	Department of Natural Resources, Environment, the Arts and Sport (Northern Territory) (PDF - 154 KB)
155	The Australasian Native Orchid Society (ANOS) (PDF - 370 KB)
156	The Australian Orchid Council (PDF - 358 KB)
157	Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) (PDF - 168 KB)
158	P A Elkin (PDF - 88 KB)
159	Southern Councils Group (PDF - 220 KB)
160	Associate Professor Geoff Wescott (PDF - 580 KB)
161	National Parks Australia Council (NPAC) (PDF - 179 KB)
162	The Green Institute (PDF - 383 KB)
163	Country Fire Authority (Victoria) (CFA) (PDF - 473 KB)
164	Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) (PDF - 1.5 MB)
165	Stradbroke Island Management Organisation (SIMO) (PDF - 137 KB)
166	Invasive Species Council (Australia) (ISC) (PDF - 860 KB)
167	Friends of the Earth (Adelaide) (PDF - 48 KB)
168	Species Management Specialists (PDF - 164 KB)
169	Dr Ian Wright (PDF - 4205 KB)
170	Museums Australia (PDF - 278 KB)
171	Mr Henry and Ms Gloria Jones (PDF - 21 KB)
172	Department of Sustainability and Environment (Victoria) (DSE) (PDF - 136 KB)
173	Conservation Council (Western Australia) (CCWA) (PDF - 135 KB)
174	Ourimbah Community (PDF - 237 KB)
175	Green Cape Wildlife Films (confidential)
176	Property Council of Australia (PDF - 236 KB)
177	Goolwa to Wellington Local Action Planning Association (GWLAP) (PDF - 177 KB)
178	United Bird Societies of South Australia (UBSSA) (PDF - 87 KB)
179	International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) (PDF - 178 KB)
180	River Lakes and Coorong Action Group (RLCAG) (PDF - 222 KB)
181	WWF (PDF - 592 KB)
182	Humane Society International (HSI) (PDF - 287 KB)
183	Government of Norfolk Island (PDF - 676 KB)
184	Australian Hydroponic and Greenhouse Association (AHGA) (PDF - 164 KB)
185	Practical Hydroponics and Greenhouses Magazine (PDF - 70 KB)
186	Ms Anne Hartnett (PDF - 14 KB) |  (RTF - 13 KB)
187	Avicultural Federation of Australia (AFA) (PDF - 48 KB) |  (RTF - 50 KB)
188	National Conservation Council of New South Wales (PDF - 211 KB)
189	The Australian Network of Environmental Defender's Offices (ANEDO) (PDF - 456 KB)
190	Friends of the Earth (Australia) (PDF - 316 KB)
191	Conservation Council of South Australia (PDF - 256 KB)
192	Mr Tom Baxter (PDF - 210 KB)
193	Australian Human Rights Commission (PDF - 1 MB)
194	Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) (PDF - 618 KB) |  (RTF - 683 KB)
195	Western Australian Southern Coalition (PDF - 1.3 MB)
196	Government of Queensland (PDF - 313 KB)
197	Walter Burley Griffin Society (PDF - 86 KB) |  (RTF - 43 KB)
198	Environment groups (PDF - 2.4 MB)
199	Government of South Australia (PDF - 2.0 MB)
200	Government of Tasmania (PDF - 222 KB)
201	Government of Western Australia (PDF - 918 KB)
202	Lawyers for Forests (LFF) (PDF - 287 KB)
203	Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna Industry Association (ASBTIA) (PDF - 86 KB) |  (RTF - 1,304 KB)
204	Mr Ivan Jeray (PDF - 18 KB)
205	Government of New South Wales (PDF - 33 KB) |  (RTF - 31 KB)
206	Mr Ian Lee (PDF - 2 MB)
207	Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre (PDF - 105 KB)
208	Australian Heritage Council (AHC) (PDF - 30 KB)
209	Public Interest Law Clearing House (PILCH) (PDF - 127 KB)
210	Indigenous Advisory Committee (IAC) (PDF - 126 KB)
211	Threatened Species Scientific Committee (TSSC) (PDF - 156 KB)
212	Environmental Defender's Office (New South Wales) (EDO NSW) (PDF - 554 KB)
213	Dr Kirsten Parris (PDF - 73 KB)
214	Australian Fisheries Management Forum (PDF - 1.2 MB)
215	Babcock & Brown (PDF - 177 KB)
216	Australian Forest Growers (PDF - 5.1 MB)
217	ARAZPA (PDF - 71 KB)
218	Minerals Council of Australia (PDF - 420 KB)
219	Wetlands Research Association Inc (PDF - 234 KB)
220	Lynda Newnam (PDF - 478 KB)

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