{"id":"F2008L04328","name":"Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - Conservation Themes for the Assessment Period Commencing 1 October 2009","slug":"environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-conservation-themes-for-the-assessment","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":76314,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2008L04328-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - Conservation Themes for the Assessment Period Commencing 1 October 2009","content":"Commonwealth of Australia\n\nEnvironment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999\n\nConservation Themes for Prioritising Nominations for Listing Threatened Species, Threatened Ecological Communities and Key Threatening Processes for the Assessment Period Commencing 1 October 2009\n\nPursuant to subsection 194D(1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, I, PETER ROBERT GARRETT, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, determine the following conservation themes be given priority in relation to the assessment period commencing 1 October 2009:\n\nTerrestrial, estuarine and near-shore environments of Australia’s coasts; and\n\nRivers, wetlands and groundwater dependent species and ecosystems of inland Australia.\n\nDated this tenth day of November 2008\n\nPeter Robert Garrett\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nMinister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1458},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination operates precisely within the scope of section 194D(1) of the EPBC Act, which expressly authorises the Minister to determine conservation themes for prioritising nominations. It does not expand beyond the statutory purpose of setting assessment priorities for a specific period."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short length (under 150 words)","No defined terms or interpretation section","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural mechanisms","Simple declarative format containing only the two priority themes and the legal authority citation"],"plain_english_summary":"This document is a ministerial **priority list** that tells Australia's environmental scientists which threatened species and ecosystems should be assessed first.\n\nUnder the main environment law (the EPBC Act), the Threatened Species Scientific Committee assesses nominations to add plants, animals, and ecological communities to Australia's official 'threatened' lists. Because they cannot assess everything at once, the Minister sets **conservation themes** to guide their workload.\n\nFor the assessment period starting 1 October 2009, the two priority themes were:\n\n*   **Coastal environments** — including land, estuaries, and near-shore marine areas around Australia's coasts; and\n*   **Inland water systems** — including rivers, wetlands, and ecosystems that depend on underground water sources.\n\n**Why this matters:** If a species or ecosystem fell into one of these categories, its nomination for listing as 'threatened' would be assessed before others. This directed limited scientific and administrative resources to areas the Minister considered most urgent at that time."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-conservation-themes-for-the-assessment","history":"/api/acts/environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-conservation-themes-for-the-assessment/history","analysis":"/api/acts/environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-conservation-themes-for-the-assessment/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-conservation-themes-for-the-assessment/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-conservation-themes-for-the-assessment/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999-conservation-themes-for-the-assessment/documents"}}