Gain a clear, practical understanding of the most significant environmental law reforms in a generation. Learn how the new EPBC standards framework, the “no regression” principle and how the expanded powers of the National Environment Protection Agency will operate in practice, and importantly, what this means for approvals, compliance and enforcement risk. Walk away confident in advising clients and stakeholders as the new regime takes shape.
Thursday, 11 June 2026
1.00pm to 2.00pm The New Environment Protection Reform Act: New Standards, New Enforcement
- Understand key amendments made to the EPBC Act by the Environment Protection Reform Act 2025 (Cth)
- Examine the new standards framework and its “no regression” principle
- Practical implications and update on the progress of ongoing consultation in relation to the detail proposed to be including in the standards
- Examine the role of the National Environment Protection Agency (NEPA) and its enforcement powers
Presented by Lucy Shea, Partner, Clayton Utz
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Chair:
Peter Holt, Partner, HWL Ebsworth Lawyers, Accredited Specialist in Planning & Environmental Law
Presenters
Peter Holt, Partner, HWL Ebsworth LawyersPeter Holt Peter is a partner in HWLE Ebsworth's planning and environment team. Peter is recognised as an Accredited Specialist in Planning and Local Government law by the Law Society of NSW. Peter is a highly respected and influential thought leader on environmental, planning and building matters in New South Wales. Peter regularly acts for private developers, accredited certifiers, councils and NSW State government agencies. Peter has over eighteen years’ experience working on policy development and the implementation of innovative legislative reform initiatives. This includes being responsible for the policy and legal framework behind the New South Wales Government’s ePlanning program; overseeing the expansion of the BASIX certification scheme; and the preparation of parts of the Planning Bill 2013 relating to development contributions and building and subdivision.
Lucy Shea, Partner, Clayton Utz
Lucy is a Partner at Clayton Utz in Perth, specialising in environmental, planning, Aboriginal heritage and public law. Lucy helps clients to navigate Western Australia's complex project approval and regulatory landscapes. She advises clients from a broad range of sectors, from energy and resources, industrial and government infrastructure, to agribusiness, renewable energy and property development. Helping clients across the full project lifecycle, from inception to construction, operations and end of life, Lucy is recognised for her deep knowledge and strategic advice on a broad range of statutory frameworks and subject matters, and her clear and practical advice and representation in the context of litigious matters including environmental and planning approval appeals and environmental prosecutions. Lucy also has a background in legislation drafting. With this experience and her expertise advising clients on the EPBC Act over many years, Lucy has been deeply involved in the ongoing EPBC Act reform process. She appeared before both Senate Inquiry hearings in 2025 and 2026 as a technical legal expert for the Urban Development Institute of Australia, has contributed to numerous submissions on various aspects of the reforms for a number of development and mining industry bodies and she attends weekly Technical Working Group meetings with DCCEEW to discuss the latest elements of the reform being worked through.
This seminar is part of a series
Environmental Law Reform: The EPBC Act Overhaul and Australia’s New Federal Framework
Gain a clear, practical understanding of the most significant environmental law reforms in a generation. Australia’s federal environmental laws are undergoing the most significant transformation in decades. For practitioners, proponents and regulators alike, the reforms reshape how projects are assessed, approved and delivered. This three‑part webinar series provides a comprehensive, practical roadmap to Australia’s new federal environmental framework.
Description
Attend the full series and earn 3 CPD units in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
If you register for the full series as a live online product after the date of an individual session, you will be sent the recording for the sessions that have passed. Alternatively, you can register for individual sessions by following the links below.
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