A snapshot of the key reforms
On 19 June 2018, the Victorian Government introduced the
Environment Protection Amendment Bill 2018
(Bill) into Parliament. The Bill, if passed, will
entirely repeal the Environment Protection Act 1970, and
will be the most comprehensive environmental regulatory reform in
Victoria for many years.
The Bill seeks to implement several key reforms arising from the
Government's response to the 2016 Independent Inquiry into the
EPA (Inquiry) and follows the first tranche of
reforms which established a new governance structure for the EPA in
October 2017.
The Bill will establish a new regime for the regulation of the
environment, management of contaminated land, pollution and waste
with a key focus on prevention and minimisation of risk.
