Webinar: Expert insights on EPBC reforms and how do get them right

Webinar: “Getting the EPBC Act right – expert insights on the proposed environmental law reforms and how to strengthen them”

When: Fri 21 Now 2025, 12:30pm AEDT / 11:30am AEST

Registration: Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams

Speakers:

• Dr Teagan Shields, Research Fellow at Curtin University and proud Arabana woman.
• Prof Jan McDonald, Professor of Environmental and Climate Law at the University of Tasmania & CMS.
• Prof Brendan Wintle, Director of the Melbourne Biodiversity Institute, Professor in Conservation Ecology and a Principal Investigator in the Quantitative and Applied Ecology Group at the University of Melbourne.
• Lis Ashby, Policy and Innovation Lead at the Biodiversity Council.
• James Trezise, CEO at the Biodiversity Council, who will also be your MC.

Details

Minister Murray Watt has introduced a suite of bills to amend the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC Act) - an historic opportunity to fix Australia’s broken environmental laws and get nature back on track.

We’ve analysed the proposed legislation. As it currently stands, these laws are unlikely to lead to better outcomes for nature unless key shortcomings are addressed.

Join us for this interactive webinar to hear insights from our experts in environmental science, law and policy, and Indigenous Knowledge about the draft legislation. We’ll cover what the promising elements of the proposed bills are, as well as the major loopholes and flaws that must be fixed to make them effective for nature.

The webinar will include a Q&A session.