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Bills Introduced by Hon Andrew Powell MP
Environmental Protection (Efficiency and Streamlining) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
This bill streamlines environmental and resources regulation in Queensland by creating standardised codes for lower-risk activities, reducing duplicate approval processes, and extending prosecution timeframes for environmental offences. It also creates a single permit system for tourism operators working across multiple parks and forests, and improves underground water monitoring and reporting for mining-affected areas.
Nature Conservation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
This bill validates the use of electronic systems for automatically issuing routine environmental and wildlife permits. It confirms that permits automatically issued since 2017 are legally valid and ensures environmental enforcement tools remain effective after recent legislative changes.