The EPAA provides amendments to the EPA to "provide safer and easier enforcement of littering offences involving a vehicle" and to address other issues raised by local governments.

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On 8 January 2008, the Minister for Environment, Heritage and the Arts adopted a number of new recovery plans under s269A(7) of the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC Act). The instrument adopted recovery plans for seven different listed threatened species in Queensland.

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The Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 amends the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 (TIA) and came into force on 1 January 2008. The purpose of these amendments is to "facilitate the issue of a deed of grant for commercial development or provision of community infrastructure in, over, across or under rail or non rail corridor land" by inserting new s477A into the TIA.

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