We have laws in place to protect our nationally significant plants, animals, habitats and places. Under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), you must consider if your development proposal could impact protected matters. You must then try to reduce these impacts as much as possible.
A suitable and feasible offset is guided by the Offset Policy principles. The department works out how well a proposed offset meets these principles and only considers them after all reasonable measures to avoid and mitigate have been taken.
Refer to the below for further guidance.