A new study by researchers at The University of Queensland has found that the EPBC Act is not delivering on its primary purpose of halting biodiversity loss. Biodiversity Council Chief Councillor, Professor Hugh Possingham who is a co-author of the paper, said that the study, which looked at 15 years of data on development referrals from Queensland and News South Wales, found that the habitat of threatened species continues to be lost, despite EPBC Act assessment processes.

This one-page factsheet summarises the key findings from a new journal article that assessed Australia's national environmental legislation.