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ConsultationPublic consultations · July 17th, 2026
Draft Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Biodiversity Offsets Scheme) Regulation 2026
Biodiversity Offsets Scheme applies, especially for small, low-impact projects…
BillNSW Parliament bill · August 13th, 2024
Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Biodiversity Offsets Scheme) Bill 2024
Amends the Biodiversity Conservation Act regarding the Biodiversity Offsets Scheme.…
ChangeBiodiversity Conservation Act 2016 · Division 3 · April 10th, 2026
Three plant species — Prasophyllum canaliculatum, Grevillea rhizomatosa and Isopogon prostratus — have been added to the vulnerable-plant list in Schedule 1, Part 2, Division 3.
This update adds three plants to the Division 3 (Plants…
ChangeBiodiversity Conservation Act 2016 · Division 3 · June 12th, 2026
One plant, Boronia subulifolia Cheel, has been added to the Rutaceae entries in the Schedule 1 list of threatened plant species.
Schedule 1, Part 2, Division 3 is the statutory list…
ChangeBiodiversity Conservation Act 2016 · Division 3 · July 10th, 2026
Three plant species — Acacia courtii, Prostanthera tallowa and Leptospermum thompsonii — have been added to the Division 3 (vulnerable species) plant list under Schedule 1 of the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016.
Schedule 1, Part 2, Division 3 lists the plant species…
ChangeBiodiversity Conservation Act 2016 · Schedule 1 · July 10th, 2026
The threatened species list in Schedule 1 has been updated to add a critically endangered plant, Gmelina sp. Chambigne, effective 10 July 2026.
Schedule 1 of the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 is the…
ChangeBiodiversity Conservation Act 2016 · Schedule 1 · October 31st, 2025
Schedule 1 (Threatened species) has been updated to add several newly listed plant species, including four Critically Endangered plants.
This amendment updates the list of threatened species in Schedule…
ChangeBiodiversity Conservation Act 2016 · Schedule 1 · February 27th, 2026
Schedule 1 (the list of threatened species) has been updated to add species, including the plants Hibbertia superans and Nematolepis rhytidophylla, via amending instrument 2026 (60).
Schedule 1 of the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 lists the…
Direction/orderMinisterial Directions · July 1st, 2026
Threatened species, ecological communities and habitat
Consult the biodiversity agency about impacts on threatened species and…
ChangeBiodiversity Conservation Act 2016 · Division 3 · February 27th, 2026
The vulnerable plant species list in Schedule 1 has been updated: four species added (Epacris sparsa, Pultenaea rubescens, Diuris callitrophila and Tasmannia purpurascens under a new Winteraceae heading) and three delisted (Hibbertia superans, Pultenaea sp. Werrikimbe NP and Diuris sp. Oaklands).
Division 3 of Schedule 1 lists the plant species classified…
Judgment[2026] NSWLEC 1394 · Class 1 · June 30th, 2026
132Cordeaux Pty Ltd v Wollongong City Council
Appeal upheld; development consent granted for 43-lot subdivision with…
ChangeBiodiversity Conservation Act 2016 · Schedule 1 · April 10th, 2026
The threatened species list in Schedule 1 has been updated (via 2026 amending instrument No 150), including removal of the orchid Prasophyllum canaliculatum from the critically endangered list, in force from 10 April 2026.
Schedule 1 is the statutory list of threatened species under…
ChangeBiodiversity Conservation Act 2016 · Schedule 1 · June 12th, 2026
Schedule 1 (the list of threatened species) has been updated to reflect a further amending instrument, adding reference 2026 (254) to the amendment history.
Schedule 1 of the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 lists the…
ChangeBiodiversity Conservation Act 2016 · Schedule 1 · December 5th, 2025
Schedule 1 (threatened species list) has been updated to add several newly listed species, in force from 5 December 2025.
This amendment updates the statutory list of threatened species in…
ChangeBiodiversity Conservation Act 2016 · Schedule 1 · May 8th, 2026
Schedule 1 (the list of threatened species) was updated to add several critically endangered plants, with a new amending instrument (2026 No 192) noted.
Schedule 1 of the Biodiversity Conservation Act lists NSW's…
ChangeBiodiversity Conservation Act 2016 · Division 3 · February 27th, 2026
Three plant species (Epacris sparsa, Nematolepis rhytidophylla and Tasmannia purpurascens) have been removed from the Division 3 plant list in Schedule 1 of the Biodiversity Conservation Act, effective 27 February 2026.
Schedule 1 of the Biodiversity Conservation Act lists threatened plant…
ChangeBiodiversity Conservation Act 2016 · Division 3 · December 5th, 2025
The Schedule 1 vulnerable plant species list has been amended — three species added (Banksia penicillata, Persoonia acerosa, Telopea aspera) and three removed (Melichrus gibberagee, Acacia chrysotricha, Pomaderris sericea).
Division 3 of Schedule 1 lists plant species classified as…
ChangeBiodiversity Conservation Act 2016 · Schedule 1 · August 29th, 2025
Schedule 1 of the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 was updated to add Leadbeater's possum (Gymnobelideus leadbeateri) to the list of critically endangered species, effective 29 August 2025.
Schedule 1 lists NSW's threatened species by category. This…
ChangeBiodiversity Conservation Act 2016 · 1.6 · August 15th, 2025
A comma was added in the "relevant authority" definition; there is no substantive change to any defined term.
The only change to section 1.6 in this consolidation (from…
ChangeBiodiversity Conservation Act 2016 · Schedule 1 · July 25th, 2025
Schedule 1's threatened species list has been updated, adding at least two species (the plant Caladenia callitrophila and the bird black-tailed godwit, Limosa limosa) following amendment 2025 (369).
Schedule 1 lists the species formally recognised as threatened (critically…
Made SIBiodiversity Conservation Reg 2017 · July 10th, 2026
Determination [Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016]
A determination made under the Biodiversity Conservation Act, linked to…
ChangeBiodiversity Conservation Act 2016 · Schedule 9 · October 28th, 2025
A new savings clause was added to Schedule 9 preserving bail decisions made by court officers, with no relevance to development assessment.
Schedule 9 (the Act's savings and transitional provisions) gained…
Made SIBiodiversity Conservation Reg 2017 · July 10th, 2026
Final Determination [Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016]
Final Determination made under the Biodiversity Conservation Act, relating to…
ChangeBiodiversity Conservation Act 2016 · Division 3 · April 10th, 2026
Grevillea rhizomatosa has been removed from the list of plant species in Schedule 1, Part 3, Division 3 of the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016, in force from 10 April 2026.
This is a change to the statutory threatened-species schedule…
ChangeBiodiversity Conservation Act 2016 · Schedule 1 · September 26th, 2025
Two plant species — Patersonia rosea and the orchid Diuris disposita — have been added to the critically endangered list in Schedule 1 of the Biodiversity Conservation Act, in force from 26 September 2025.
Schedule 1 lists NSW's threatened species by category. This…
ChangeBiodiversity Conservation Act 2016 · Division 3 · July 10th, 2026
Two plants — Leptospermum thompsonii and Muehlenbeckia sp. Mt Norman — have been removed from the list of vulnerable species in Schedule 1, Division 3 of the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016.
Division 3 of Schedule 1 lists plant species classified as…

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