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Listed species and ecological community permits

Applications for a permit to kill, injure, take, trade, keep or move a listed species or ecological community, a listed migratory species, or a listed marine species in or on a Commonwealth area

Download permit application forms

General application form for listed species and ecological community permits (PDF - 81.04 KB)
General application form for listed species and ecological community permits (DOCX - 78.8 KB)

Supplementary form C (PDF - 282.18 KB)
Supplementary form C (DOCX - 103.82 KB)

Submitting permit application

All applications should be submitted to EPBC.permits@environment.gov.au. Please also submit public comments on current permit applications to this email address.

About this permit

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) requires a permit for activities which may kill, injure, take, trade, keep or move a member of a listed threatened species or ecological community, a member of a listed migratory species, or a member of a listed marine species in or on a Commonwealth area.

Permits will only be issued by the Environment Minister if the activity:

  • contributes significantly to the conservation of the listed threatened species or ecological community, the listed migratory species, or the listed marine species concerned, or other listed migratory or marine species or
  • the impact of the activity on a member of a listed threatened species or ecological community, a member of a listed migratory species, or a member of a listed marine species concerned is incidental to, and not the purpose of, the taking of the activity and
    • the taking of the activity will not adversely affect the survival or recovery in nature of the listed threatened species or ecological community or the conservation status or population of the listed migratory species or the listed marine species and
    • the taking of the activity is not inconsistent with a recovery plan that is in force for the listed threatened species or ecological community or a wildlife conservation plan that is in force for the listed migratory species or the listed marine species and
    • the holder of the permit will take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of the activity on the listed threatened species or ecological community, the listed migratory species, or the listed marine species or
  • the specified activity is of particular significance to indigenous tradition, and will not adversely affect the survival or recovery in nature of the conservation status of the listed threatened species or ecological community, the listed migratory species (including any population), or the listed marine species concerned or
  • the specified activity is necessary in order to control pathogens, and is conducted in a way that will, so far as is practicable, keep to a minimum any impact on the listed threatened species or ecological community, the listed migratory species, or the listed marine species concerned.

Exemptions

The Environment Minister may exempt a person proposing to take an activity from the requirement to obtain a permit provided the person applies in writing. When granting an exemption, the Environment Minister will need to be satisfied that it is in the national interest.

See also

  • About exemptions
  • Exemption notices
  • Notification of activities affecting listed species or ecological communities in or on a Commonwealth area

Invitation to comment

Invitation to comment on applications submitted for a permit to kill, injure, take, trade, keep or move a listed species or ecological community, a listed migratory species, or a listed marine species in a Commonwealth Area:

Open for comment

Application title Please comment by
Application for a permit to develop a Top Golf sporting complex at Elite Park, Melbourne Airport, Tullamarine, Victoria (E2023-0208) 27 February 2023

Application title Comment closed on
Application for a permit to conduct marine biodiversity surveys in the Booderee National Park, Jervis Bay, NSW (E2023-0209) 3 February 2023
Application for a permit to directly remove Natural Temperate Grassland of the Victorian Volcanic Plain (NTGVVP) at Sky Road, Melbourne Airport, Tullamarine, Vic (E2022-0207) 12 January 2023
Application for a permit to take up to 30 Australasian Gannet (Morus serrator) eggs at Point Wilson Explosive Area, Victoria (E2022-0206) 4 November 2022
Application for a permit to undertake biodiversity survey and sampling on Norfolk Island (E2022-0203) 13 October 2022
Application for a permit to Conduct Shark Research (tagging) - Ningaloo Marine Park, Shark Bay Marine Park, Montebello Marine Park and Gascoyne Marine Park (E2022-0202) 7 July 2022
Application for a permit to kill Banksia Woodlands of the Swan Coastal plain, move Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo, Forest Red-tailed and Baudin’s Black Cockatoo's and potentially move Western Swamp Tortoise from Commonwealth Land at Perth Airport (E2022-0200) 26 May 2022
Application for a permit to collect representative samples of plant species and survey threatened animal species - Shoalwater Bay Training Area and Expansion Area (2021-0197) 28 February 2022
Application for a permit to remove 0.0656 ha of NTGVVP at Essendon Airport, Melbourne, Victoria (E2022-0198) 25 February 2022
Application for a permit for tagging, biopsy and bio-logging of White Shark (Carcharodon Carcharias) and Shortfin Mako (Isurus oxyrhinchus) - Lord Howe Marine Park (E2021-0196) 3 February 2022
Application for a permit to trap 4 EPBC listed species for Biological Sampling at Yampi Sound Training Area (E2021-0193) 5 January 2022
Application for a permit to attach Satellite Trackers to Whale Sharks (Rhincodon typus) at Christmas Island (E2021-0194) 21 December 2021
Application for a permit to clear for construction or upgrade of three bridges and construction of a fire trail at the Singleton Military Area, NSW (E2021-0192) 9 November 2021
Application for a permit to conduct maintenance works at the former Fire Training Ground at Launceston Airport, Tasmania (E2021-0191) 18 October 2021
Permit to upgrade the Airfield Ground Lighting system at Melbourne Airport, Victoria (E2021-0186) 29 July 2021
Application for a permit to clear for Heathcote Road Upgrade (NSW) at Holsworthy Defence Barrack, NSW (E2021-0190) 26 July 2021
Application for a permit to clear for a metro rail link at Western Sydney Airport (E2021-0187) 14 July 2021
Arundel Creek dam remediation, Melbourne Airport, Victoria (E2021-0189) 8 July 2021
Application for a permit to take sub-surface environmental samples to evaluate for the magnitude and extent of environmental contaminants within soil, groundwater, surface water and sediment on Defence Housing Australia land, Lawson, ACT (E2021-0188) 29 June 2021
Application for a permit to kill 5 trees of the Banksia Woodlands of the Swan Coastal Plain at Perth Airport (E2021-0185) 28 May 2021

Application title Comment closed on
Application for a permit to move up to 100 nestlings of Australasian Gannet (Morrus serrator) at Point Wilson Explosives Area, Victoria (E2022-0199) 14 March 2022

Application title Comment closed on
Application for a permit to clear River-flat Eucalypt Forest and move Sydney Plains Greenhood, Holsworthy Barracks, NSW (E2022-0204) 17 October 2022
Application for a permit to clear Cumberland Plain Shale Woodlands and Shale-Gravel Transition Forest, Holsworthy Barracks, NSW (E2022-0201) 22 June 2022
Application for a permit to take and move Eastern Bristlebirds (Dasyornis brachypterus) from the Bherwerre Peninsula for translocation to Wilsons Promontory (E2021-0195) 18 January 2022
Application for a permit to take genetic samples of Dasyornis brachypterus (Eastern Bristlebird) in Booderee National Park and Beecroft Weapons Range, NSW (E2021-0184) 17 February 2021
Application for a permit to kill, injure or move Sunshine Wattle (Acacia terminalis subsp. terminali) to construct new firefighting infrastructure at the HMAS Watson, NSW (E2020-0183) 8 February 2021
Application for a permit to remove and breed in captivity Advena campbelli (Campbell’s Helicarionid Land Snail) and Mathewsoconcha suteri (a helicarionid land snail) from Norfolk Island (E2020-0182) 31 December 2020
Application for a permit to clear 0.63 ha of Coastal Swamp Oak (Casuarina glauca) Forest of New South Wales and South East Queensland ecological community in the Singleton Military Area, NSW (E2020-0181) 10 December 2020
Application for a permit to undertake Grassland Cultural Burning for the conservation of Lowland Native Grasslands of Tasmania, at Hobart Airport (E2020/0180) 3 November 2020
Application for a permit to move species during landslide mitigation works in Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island (E2020-0179) 22 September 2020
Application for a permit to replace the Runway Visual Range (RVR) equipment at Melbourne Airport, Victoria (E2020-0178) 3 August 2020
Application for a permit to install and operate bird deterrence equipment on offshore platforms ‘Reindeer’ and ‘John Brookes’ in WA (E2020/0173) 7 July 2020
Permit to take and move Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor) for microchipping, GPS tagging and collection of biological samples on Garden Island, Western Australia (E2020-0177) 2 June 2020
Application for a permit to conduct northern prawn fishery monitoring surveys in the Gulf of Carpentaria (E2020-0176) 11 May 2020
Application for a permit to clear Natural Temperate Grassland of the South Eastern Highlands, Hoary Sunray (Leucochrysum albicans var. tricolour) and Striped Legless Lizard (Delma impar) for the Snowy 2.0 Polo Flat Segment Factory site in Polo Flat, NSW 24 April 2020
Application for a permit to upgrade the Tasman Highway Holyman Avenue interchange at Hobart International Airport, Tasmania (E2020-0175) 15 April 2020
Application for a permit to clear up to 0.3 hectares of Natural Temperate Grassland of the Victorian Volcanic Plain at Point Wilson, Victoria (E2020-0172) 24 March 2020
Application for a permit to satellite tag and release Shortfin Mako Sharks (Isurus oxyrinchus) in Commonwealth waters, Victoria (E2020-0171) 17 March 2020
Application for a permit to capture and tag Common (Brown) Noddies (Anous stolidus) on Montara Venture (MV) and Wellhead Platform (WHP), Timor Sea (E2020/0170) 10 March 2020
Permit to translocate captive bred Blue-tailed Skinks (Cryptoblepharus egeriae) to Cocos (Keeling) Islands (E2020-0169) 6 March 2020
Application for a permit for tagging, biopsies, bio-logging and capture of White Shark (Carcharodon Carcharias) and Shortfin Mako (Isurus oxyrhinchus) in Commonwealth Waters (E2020-0168) 4 March 2020
Application for a permit to conduct northern prawn fishery monitoring surveys in the Gulf of Carpentaria (E2019-0167) 28 January 2020
Application for a permit to record and capture for identification and re-release Western Swamp Tortoise at the RAAF Pearce Airbase, WA (E2019/0166) 12 December 2019
Application for a permit to remove a single Slaty Red Gum from the Singleton Military Area (E2019/0165) 29 November 2019
Application for a permit to bow-trap and attach GPS trackers to Erythrotriorchus radiatus (Red Goshawks) in NT (E2019-0163) 22 November 2019
Application for a permit to cull Porphyrio porphyrio (Swamphen) in Public Reserves and on private land on Norfolk Island (E2019-0164) 11 November 2019
Construction of a commercial development at Challenger Court, Essendon Fields, Victoria (E2019-0162) 4 October 2019
Application for a permit to undertake investigation works necessary for the Melbourne 3rd Runway project at Melbourne Airport, Victoria (E2019-0161) 12 September 2019
Application for a permit to remove one Camden White Gum (Eucalyptus benthamii) at Camden Airport (E2019-0160) 2 August 2019
Application for a permit to clear 200 drooping red gum (Eucalyptus parramattensis subsp. decadens) at RAAF Base Williamtown (E2019-0157) 10 July 2019
Application for a permit to upgrade the Airfield Ground Lighting system at Melbourne Airport, Victoria (E2019-0158) 30 May 2019
Application to cull Porphyrio porphyrio (Swamphen) in KAVHA and Bumoras Reserve, Norfolk Island (E2019-0156) 6 May 2019
Application for a permit to translocate captive bred Blue-tailed Skinks (Cryptoblepharus Egeriae) to Cocos (Keeling) Islands (E2018-0155) 17 January 2019
Application for a permit to kill up to 1.63 ha of Grey Box Grassy Woodland and Derived Native Grassland of South-eastern Australia ecological community at Defence’s Explosive Ordnance Depot, Mangalore, Victoria (E2018-0152) 26 October 2018
Application for a permit to kill up to 0.8 ha of Natural Temperate Grassland of the Victorian Volcanic Plain and potential movement of Growling Grass Frog for the construction of two car experiences facilities at Melbourne Airport (E2018-0151) 26 October 2018
Application for a permit to take seeds and cuttings of Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub of the Sydney Region ecological community from the North Head Sanctuary, NSW (E2018-0153) 24 October 2018
Application for a permit to tag Whale Sharks (Rhincodon typus), Christmas Island (E2018-0150) 18 October 2018
Application to clear an Earp's Gum (Eucalyptus parramattensis subsp. decadens) within the RAAF Base, Williamtown, NSW (E2018-0149) 2 October 2018
Application for a permit to remove Banksia Woodlands of the Swan Coastal Plain, Wavy-leaved Smokebush (Conospermum undulatum) and Keighery’s Macarthuria (Macarthuria Keigheryi) from Commonwealth Land at Perth Airport, WA (E2018/0147) 28 June 2018
Application for a permit to take biological specimens from surveys within the Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland (E2018-146) 17 May 2018
Application for a permit to translocate Hibbertia puberula sp. glabrescens from Bankstown Airport, NSW (E2018-0145) 7 May 2018
Application for a permit to undertake operational management actions at Melbourne Airport, Tullamarine, Victoria (E2018-0144) 2 May 2018
Application for a permit to clear Central Hunter Valley Eucalypt Forest and Woodland ecological community and Denman Pomaderris (Pomaderris reperta) in order to upgrade the Myambat explosive ordnance depot located 10 km from Denman NSW (E2018-0143) 2 May 2018
Application for a permit to remove Banksia Woodlands of the Swan Coastal Plain from Commonwealth Land at Perth Airport, WA (E2018-0142) 27 March 2018
Application for a permit to install and operate bird deterrent equipment on Reindeer platform, offshore WA (E2017-0141) 15 February 2018
Application for a permit to remove Natural Temperate Grassland of the Victorian Volcanic Plains from Commonwealth Land at Melbourne Airport, Victoria (E2017/0140) 29 December 2017
Application to undertake biodiversity management requirements for the construction of the Western Sydney Airport in accordance with the Airport Plan (E2017-0138) 22 November 2017
Application for a permit to tag and take biological samples from whale sharks and manta rays, Coral Sea, offshore Queensland in Australian waters (E2017-0137) 2 November 2017
Application to undertake hazard reduction burning at the site of the Western Sydney Airport (E2017-0135) 22 September 2017
Application for a permit to undertake marine research including the capture, taking of biological samples and release or cause death of various marine organisms within the North West Shelf region, Australia (E2017-0134) 12 September 2017
Application for a permit to capture, conduct a survey and release the Black-footed tree-rat at RAAF Base Tindal, Northern Territory (E2017-0133) 5 September 2017
Application to take, move and or injure Natural Temperate Grasslands of the Victorian Volcanic Plain and Grey Box (Eucalyptus macrocarpa) Grassy Woodlands and Derived Native Grasslands of South-eastern Australia for soil analysis and groundwater monitoring at Melbourne Airport, Victoria (E2017-0132) 26 May 2017
Application for a permit to conduct geotechnical testing within a Natural Temperate Grassland of the Victorian Volcanic Plains at Melbourne Airport, Victoria (E2017-0131) 11 May 2017
Application for a permit to take button wrinkleworts from the Australian National Botanic Gardens, ACT (E2017-0130) 9 May 2017
Application for a permit to take and tag various sea snake and sawfish species in Commonwealth waters, offshore Western Australia (E2017-0129) 20 April 2017
Application for a permit to clear Banksia Woodlands of the Swan Coastal Plain ecological community for the development of the Living Stream Project, Perth Airport, Western Australia (E2017-0128) 7 March 2017

Pre-2017 invitations to comment

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