Hon Andrew Powell MP
Liberal National Party
Minister for the Environment and Tourism and Minister for Science and Innovation
Electorate: Glass House
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Bills Introduced (2)
Environmental Protection (Efficiency and Streamlining) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Awaiting DebateThis bill has been introduced but the main debate (second reading) hasn't started yet.This bill reforms Queensland's environmental regulation to reduce red tape and improve responsiveness. It introduces a new risk-based system for classifying and regulating environmentally relevant activities, streamlines environmental impact assessments, strengthens groundwater protections for bore owners, and creates a single permit for tourism operators working across multiple public land tenures.
Nature Conservation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
PassedThis bill became law.This bill confirms that Queensland government electronic systems can legally be used to automatically issue routine environmental and wildlife permits. It retrospectively validates permits that were automatically issued since 2017 and fixes an enforcement gap created by recent legislative changes to the Environmental Protection Act.