Chief Executive (Department of Environment and Science)

Environmental Protection (Great Barrier Reef Protection Measures) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2019

This bill strengthens regulations to protect the Great Barrier Reef from agricultural pollution. It introduces mandatory minimum practice standards for farmers across all six Reef catchment regions to reduce nutrient and sediment runoff, which science identifies as the main cause of poor Reef water quality. The bill also adopts a national standard for listing threatened species.