Rebekha Sharkie (Mayo, Centre Alliance) Share this | Hansard source

asked the Minister for the Environment, in writing, on 05 December 2019:

(1) When was 'fire regimes that cause biodiversity decline' (formerly 'contemporary fire regimes resulting in the loss of vegetation heterogeneity and biodiversity throughout Australia') first nominated as a key threatening process (KTP) under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act).(2) Is it a fact that, as stated on the Department of the Environment and Energy's website, the Threatened Species Scientific Committee (TSSC) provided finalised advice to the Minister on this nomination in March 2011.(3) Has any further advice been provided by the TSSC since March 2011.(4) In respect of the statement on the department's website that the timeframe for the Minister to make a decision on whether to list this KTP was extended to 31 August 2013 to allow for further consultation with state and territory governments and to allow the Minister to consider the department's review of key threatening processes, and was then further extended to 29 November 2013 to allow the committee to review the further input from the states and territories—why has there been such a delay in making a decision on this nomination.(5) When will a final decision be made on whether or not to list 'fire regimes that cause biodiversity decline' as a KTP under the EPBC Act.

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