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Determination that a distinct population of biological entities is a species under section 517 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (208)

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The Assistant Minister for the Environment (Melissa Price) used her power under section 517 of the EPBC Act to declare the "Galaxias truttaceus (Western Australian population)" to be a “species” for the purposes of the Act (determination dated 8/8/2018).

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Commonwealth of Australia

Determination that a distinct population of biological entities is a species under section 517 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (208)

I, MELISSA PRICE, Assistant Minister for the Environment, under section 517 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, determine that the following population of biological entities is a species for the purposes of that Act:

Galaxias truttaceus (Western Australian population)

Melissa Price

Assistant Minister for the Environment

Dated this 8/8/2018

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Commonwealth of Australia

Determination that a distinct population of biological entities is a species under section 517 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (208)

Galaxias truttaceus (Western Australian population)

Melissa Price

Assistant Minister for the Environment

Dated this 8/8/2018