Great Barrier Reef Amendment Act 2009
The Great Barrier Reef Amendment Act 2009 introduces regulations to improve the quality of water entering the Great Barrier Reef. It applies to sugarcane growing and cattle grazing properties in the Burdekin Dry Tropics, Wet Tropics and Mackay Whitsunday catchments in North Queensland.
Regulation is necessary to ensure that farmers adopt management practices that reduce the levels of farm chemicals, fertiliser nutrients and sediment harming the Reef.
The new legislation is part of the Queensland and Australian Governments' Reef Plan and Reef Rescue initiatives and has been developed in partnership with industry to deliver a practical regulation.
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- General fact sheet (PDF, 209K)*
- Cost to Farmers (PDF, 186K)*
- ERMPs (PDF, 196K)*
- Record Keeping (PDF, 155K)*
- Soil Testing (PDF, 142K)*
- Chemical Regulations (PDF, 184K)*
- Climate Change (PDF, 152K)*
- Fertiliser (PDF, 127K)*
Map of Catchment Areas (PDF, 1.1M)*
Great Barrier Reef Amendment Act 2009 (PDF)*
Explanatory notes (PDF)* for the Great Barrier Reef Amendment Act 2009
Public Benefit Test (PDF)*
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Last updated: 18 November 2009