Environment Protection Act 2019

to provide communities that may be affected by a proposed action or strategic proposal with information and opportunities for consultation to assist each community's understanding of the proposed action or strategic proposal and its potential impacts and benefits;

to consult with affected communities, including Aboriginal communities, in a culturally appropriate manner;

to seek and document community knowledge and understanding (including scientific and traditional knowledge and understanding) of the natural and cultural values of areas that may be impacted by the proposed action or strategic proposal;

to address Aboriginal values and the rights and interests of

to consider the principles of ecologically sustainable development in the design of the proposed action or strategic proposal;

to apply the environmental decision-making hierarchy in the design of the proposed action or strategic proposal;

to consider the waste management hierarchy in the design of the proposed action or strategic proposal.