Larissa Waters (Queensland, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, upon notice, on 12 April 2012:

With reference to the time taken to list threatened species and ecological communities under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, what is the average time taken from the:

  (a)   submission of a nomination to the finalisation of the Finalised Priority Assessment List; and

  (b)   provision of advice to the Minister by the Threatened Species Scientific Committee to publication of the decision.

Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:

  (a)   It usually takes approximately 180 calendar days from a nomination being received to the finalisation of the Finalised Priority Assessment List.

  (b)   On average it takes 118 calendar days for species and 155 calendar days for ecological Communities from the provision of the advice from the Threatened Species Scientific Committee to the publication of the decision.