Environmental Justice Australia (EJA) are grateful for the opportunity to make this submission on the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Reconsiderations of Decisions) Bill 2024 (the Bill).

EJA submits that the proposed amendments set out in this Bill are unnecessary and regressive and will significantly impede the objective of the EPBC Act to ensure that activities that are likely to have significant impacts on the environment are properly assessed. Accordingly, we recommend that this Bill should not be passed.