Webinar – Environmental law reforms Q&A: EPBC Act

In November 2025, Parliament passed significant reforms to Australia’s national environmental law, the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). These reforms introduce new national environmental standards, new institutions and changes to how environmental assessments and approvals operate.

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This webinar provides an opportunity for participants to ask questions directly of officials from the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) about the EPBC Act reforms and what they mean in practice.

This is a Q&A-focused session. Participants are required to watch DCCEEW’s short video explainer on the environmental law reforms before attending. The webinar will not provide a general overview of the reforms and will focus almost exclusively on answering participant questions.

The video explainer outlines:

· how Australia’s environmental laws work

· what has changed under the EPBC Act reforms

· the role of new national institutions and standards

· when changes will commence and where to find further information.

👉 Watch the video explainer before the webinar: Environmental law reforms: video explainer – DCCEEW

This webinar is intended for practitioners, policy officers and stakeholders who have already familiarised themselves with the reforms and are seeking clarification on specific aspects of implementation, timing and implications.