New bill to keep NT clean

PROJECTS will have to meet tighter environmental standards in the Northern Territory after the long-awaited amended Environment Protection Bill (2019) passed in Parliament last week.

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NT tightens up its act

The bill replaces the Environment Assessment Act of 1982 and the Environmental Assessment Administrative Procedures introduced in 1984.

The Territory started the reform process back in 2016.