Ministerial Advice Regarding EPBC Amendment (reconsiderations) Bill 2025.

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The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water provided ministerial advice on the EPBC Amendment (Reconsiderations) Bill 2025, recommending the Minister note departmental advice regarding application of the amendment bill to two active reconsideration requests under the National Conseils Australiens–Prime Minister (NCA-PM) process. The two cases involved are: (1) Marine Farming Expansion in Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania (referral 2012/6406), and (2) Tasmanian Advanced Minerals Hawkes Creek silica mine expansion (referral 2021/8896). The advice document discusses legislative impacts and legal implications of the amendment bill for these reconsideration requests, though substantive details regarding the environmental issues, departmental recommendations, or any tension between scientific advice and final decisions are redacted under legal privilege and cabinet-in-confidence provisions.