Senate debates
Thursday, 27 November 2025
Bills
Environment Protection Reform Bill 2025, National Environmental Protection Agency Bill 2025, Environment Information Australia Bill 2025, Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Customs Charges Imposition) Bill 2025, Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Excise Charges Imposition) Bill 2025, Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (General Charges Imposition) Bill 2025, Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Restoration Charge Imposition) Bill 2025; In Committee
5:09 pm
Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Environment and Water) Share this | Hansard source
I do. What we have done in these amendments is to limit the timeframe for someone to seek a reconsideration of an earlier, not-controlled-action decision. It will be limited to 28 days from the point at which the not-controlled-action decision is made. That simply brings the time period for those kinds of applications in line with the usual judicial review timeframes that exist across government legislation.
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