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Australian and Queensland Government Legislation and scope in relation to NRM
Natural Resource Legislation / Mechanism
Scope
Sustainable Planning
Sustainable Planning Act 2009
Managing a process and effects of development.
Sustainable Planning
State Planning Policy
Provides information to local governments when making and
amending local planning instruments and assessing development
applications and assists applicants in preparing development
applications.
Department
Qld Gov DLGP
QLD Gov DILGP
Water Allocation
Water Act 2000
Management and allocation of water resources.
QLD Gov
DNRM
Water Supply
Native Vegetation
Native Vegetation
Water Supply( Safety and Reliability) Act 2008
Vegetation Management Act 1999
Australia’ s Native Vegetation Framework
Management of treating, transmitting or reticulating water for drinking and sewerage purposes. The regulation of referable dams. Flood mitigation responsibilities.
Management of remnant and regrowth vegetation clearing within particular areas. Over the years there have been significant changes to sections of the VMA, which have had a bearing on the amount of vegetation that has been cleared, particularly the phasing out of broadscale clearing in 2006, the introduction of high-value regrowth provisions in 2009, and the introduction of new“ relevant purposes to clear” such as high-value agriculture and environmental purposes in 2013.
Sets national directions to guide actions across government strategies, policies, legislation and programs related to native vegetation management on the Australian continent and its island.
Land Resources
Land Act 1994
Administration and management of land owned by the State of
Queensland.
QLD Gov DEWS
QLD Gov DNRM
Aus Gov
QLD Gov DNRM
Agricultural Land
Queensland Agricultural Land Audit
Nature Conservation Act 1992
Identifies land important to current and future production and the constraints to development.
QLD Gov DAFF
Threatened flora and fauna species
Managing and conserving threatened plants and animals.
QLD Gov EHP
Protected Area Estates and Nature Refuges
Nature Conservation Act 1992
Preserving the natural condition of parks while: involving Indigenous people in the management; allowing the use and enjoyment of protected areas by the community and providing for the social, cultural and commercial use in a way consistent with the natural, cultural and other values of the areas.
Fisheries
Fisheries Act 1994
Provides for the use, conservation and enhancement of the
community’ s fisheries resources and fish habitats.
QLD Gov NPRSR and EHP
Landscape and biodiversity planning
Biodiversity Planning Assessments
Identifies the terrestrial ecological values in a region, or bioregion, according to their conservation significance. BPAs are used by governments, members of the community and landholders to make planning decisions about appropriate land use.
Defines environmental objectives, develops and implements environmental strategies into resources management, ensures accountability of environmental strategies.
QLD Gov EHP
Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection Act 1994
QLD Gov DEHP

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Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection
Environmental Offsets( for protection of Prescribed Environmental Matters)
Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Environmental Protection( Water) Policy 2009
Environmental Offsets Act 2014 Environmental Offsets Regulation 2014 Queensland Environmental Offsets Policy
Provides for the protection of the environment that are matters of national environmental significance.
Establishes framework for identifying environmental values and water quality objectives to protect / enhance environmental values; criteria for healthy waters management plans; management hierarchy and management intent for an activity releasing waste water or contaminants to Queensland waters.
To counterbalance the significant residual impacts of particular activities on prescribed environmental matters through the use of environmental offsets.
Aus Gov Dept Env
Qld Gov EHP
Qld Gov EHP