To ensure that the public have adequate opportunity to review referrals and submit public comments, please note the following temporary arrangements during the upcoming Christmas-New Year holiday period.

1. From Thursday 7 December 2023 to Friday 22 December 2023, new referral applications submitted to the Department will continue to be validated and, as required, resubmission requests for further information sent. However, for applications that are found to meet the requirements of the EPBC Act and Regulations during this time, the Department will delay publication until after the holiday period.

2. The Department will not be attended from close of business Friday 22 December 2023 until it resumes operations on Tuesday 2 January 2024.

3. From Tuesday 2 January 2024, the Department will operate as usual. Any applications that are found to meet the requirements of the EPBC Act and Regulations from Thursday 7 December 2023 to Friday 22 December 2023 will be published as soon as practical.

Please direct any questions to the Referrals Gateway at:

E: EPBC.Referrals@DCCEEW.gov.au or Ph: 1800 423 135. If your call is not answered, please leave a voicemail and the department will return your call as soon as possible.

The Offsets Register is a register of projects approved since the commencement of the EPBC Act in 2000 that have offset conditions.
Offset conditions can include both direct offsets (where a physical site is provided as an offset) and indirect offsets (such as research programs and financial contributions).
Specific information about the offsets (including Offset Names and Offset Sites) will be reviewed before being made available to ensure that information on sensitive Indigenous and cultural heritage sites, specific locations of sensitive protected matters and personal information is withheld from publication.
The release of Offset Names and Offset Sites will occur in stages between February and December 2023.
To see the project offset conditions, use the search boxes then select the EPBC number in the search results. Offset conditions are listed under the Offset Conditions tab.
A full list of approval conditions for each project can be found on the Approval decision notice and/or subsequent Variation of approval decision notice/s. Decision notices are available for download via the Decision Notices tab.
See Environmental offsets guidance for more information about EPBC Act offsets.