Appendix B - Terrestrial Ecology Assessment

                                                                                                                      Summary
                                                                                                                      Matters of National Environmental Significance
                                                                                                                      This part of the report summarises the matters of national environmental significance that may occur in, or may
                                                                                                                      relate to, the area you nominated. Further information is available in the detail part of the report, which can be

EPBC Act Protected Matters Report                                                                                     accessed by scrolling or following the links below. If you are proposing to undertake an activity that may have a
                                                                                                                      significant impact on one or more matters of national environmental significance then you should consider the
                                                                                                                      Administrative Guidelines on Significance.
This report provides general guidance on matters of national environmental significance and other matters
protected by the EPBC Act in the area you have selected.
                                                                                                                      World Heritage Properties:                             None
Information on the coverage of this report and qualifications on data supporting this report are contained in the     National Heritage Places:                              None
caveat at the end of the report.                                                                                      Wetlands of International Importance:                  None
Information is available about Environment Assessments and the EPBC Act including significance guidelines,            Great Barrier Reef Marine Park:                        None
forms and application process details.                                                                                Commonwealth Marine Area:                              None
                                                                                                                      Listed Threatened Ecological Communities:              3
Report created: 22/11/20 10:00:50                                                                                     Listed Threatened Species:                             65
                                                                                                                      Listed Migratory Species:                              47
    Summary
    Details                                                                                                           Other Matters Protected by the EPBC Act
        Matters of NES
        Other Matters Protected by the EPBC Act                                                                       This part of the report summarises other matters protected under the Act that may relate to the area you nominated.
        Extra Information                                                                                             Approval may be required for a proposed activity that significantly affects the environment on Commonwealth land,
    Caveat                                                                                                            when the action is outside the Commonwealth land, or the environment anywhere when the action is taken on
                                                                                                                      Commonwealth land. Approval may also be required for the Commonwealth or Commonwealth agencies proposing to
    Acknowledgements                                                                                                  take an action that is likely to have a significant impact on the environment anywhere.



                                                                                                                      The EPBC Act protects the environment on Commonwealth land, the environment from the actions taken on
                                                                                                                      Commonwealth land, and the environment from actions taken by Commonwealth agencies. As heritage values of a
                                                                                                                      place are part of the 'environment', these aspects of the EPBC Act protect the Commonwealth Heritage values of a
                                                                                                                      Commonwealth Heritage place. Information on the new heritage laws can be found at
                                                                                                                      http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage



                                                                                                                      A permit may be required for activities in or on a Commonwealth area that may affect a member of a listed threatened
                                                                       This map may contain data which are            species or ecological community, a member of a listed migratory species, whales and other cetaceans, or a member of
                                                                                                                      a listed marine species.
                                                                       ©Commonwealth of Australia
                                                                       (Geoscience Australia), ©PSMA 2015

                                                                       Coordinates
                                                                                                                      Commonwealth Land:                             None
                                                                       Buffer: 2.0Km
                                                                                                                      Commonwealth Heritage Places:                  None
                                                                                                                      Listed Marine Species:                         50
                                                                                                                      Whales and Other Cetaceans:                    2
                                                                                                                      Critical Habitats:                             None
                                                                                                                      Commonwealth Reserves Terrestrial:             None
                                                                                                                      Australian Marine Parks:                       None

                                                                                                                      Extra Information
                                                                                                                      This part of the report provides information that may also be relevant to the area you have nominated.

                                                                                                                      State and Territory Reserves:                  4
                                                                                                                      Regional Forest Agreements:                    None
                                                                                                                      Invasive Species:                              26
                                                                                                                      Nationally Important Wetlands:                2
                                                                                                                      Key Ecological Features (Marine)              None




                                                                                                                      Name                                                            Status                         Type of Presence
Details                                                                                                                                                                                                              habitat known to occur
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     within area
                                                                                                                      Lathamus discolor
Matters of National Environmental Significance                                                                        Swift Parrot [744]                                              Critically Endangered          Species or species habitat
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     likely to occur within area

                                                                                                                      Limosa lapponica baueri
Listed Threatened Ecological Communities                                                [ Resource Information ]      Bar-tailed Godwit (baueri), Western Alaskan Bar-tailed Vulnerable                              Species or species habitat
For threatened ecological communities where the distribution is well known, maps are derived from recovery            Godwit [86380]                                                                                 likely to occur within area
plans, State vegetation maps, remote sensing imagery and other sources. Where threatened ecological
community distributions are less well known, existing vegetation maps and point location data are used to             Limosa lapponica menzbieri
produce indicative distribution maps.                                                                                 Northern Siberian Bar-tailed Godwit, Bar-tailed Godwit Critically Endangered                   Species or species habitat
                                                                                                                      (menzbieri) [86432]                                                                            may occur within area
Name                                               Status                              Type of Presence
Coastal Swamp Oak (Casuarina glauca) Forest of New Endangered                          Community likely to occur      Macronectes giganteus
South Wales and South East Queensland ecological                                       within area
                                                                                                                      Southern Giant-Petrel, Southern Giant Petrel [1060]             Endangered                     Species or species habitat
community
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     may occur within area
Lowland Rainforest of Subtropical Australia        Critically Endangered               Community may occur
                                                                                       within area
                                                                                                                      Macronectes halli
Subtropical and Temperate Coastal Saltmarsh               Vulnerable                   Community likely to occur
                                                                                       within area                    Northern Giant Petrel [1061]                                    Vulnerable                     Species or species habitat
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     may occur within area
Listed Threatened Species                                                               [ Resource Information ]
                                                                                                                      Numenius madagascariensis
Name                                                      Status                       Type of Presence
                                                                                                                      Eastern Curlew, Far Eastern Curlew [847]                        Critically Endangered          Species or species habitat
Birds                                                                                                                                                                                                                known to occur within area
Anthochaera phrygia
Regent Honeyeater [82338]                                 Critically Endangered        Foraging, feeding or related   Pachyptila turtur subantarctica
                                                                                       behaviour likely to occur      Fairy Prion (southern) [64445]                                  Vulnerable                     Species or species habitat
                                                                                       within area                                                                                                                   known to occur within area
Botaurus poiciloptilus
Australasian Bittern [1001]                               Endangered                   Species or species habitat     Rostratula australis
                                                                                       likely to occur within area    Australian Painted Snipe [77037]                                Endangered                     Species or species habitat
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     known to occur within area
Calidris canutus
Red Knot, Knot [855]                                      Endangered                   Species or species habitat     Sternula nereis nereis
                                                                                       known to occur within area     Australian Fairy Tern [82950]                                   Vulnerable                     Species or species habitat
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     may occur within area
Calidris ferruginea
Curlew Sandpiper [856]                                    Critically Endangered        Species or species habitat     Thalassarche cauta
                                                                                       known to occur within area     Shy Albatross [89224]                                           Endangered                     Species or species habitat
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     may occur within area
Diomedea antipodensis
Antipodean Albatross [64458]                              Vulnerable                   Species or species habitat     Thalassarche eremita
                                                                                       may occur within area          Chatham Albatross [64457]                                       Endangered                     Species or species habitat
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     may occur within area
Diomedea antipodensis gibsoni
Gibson's Albatross [82270]                                Vulnerable                   Species or species habitat     Thalassarche impavida
                                                                                       may occur within area          Campbell Albatross, Campbell Black-browed Albatross Vulnerable                                 Species or species habitat
                                                                                                                      [64459]                                                                                        may occur within area
Diomedea exulans
Wandering Albatross [89223]                               Vulnerable                   Species or species habitat     Thalassarche melanophris
                                                                                       may occur within area          Black-browed Albatross [66472]                                  Vulnerable                     Species or species habitat
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     may occur within area
Erythrotriorchis radiatus
Red Goshawk [942]                                         Vulnerable                   Species or species habitat     Thalassarche salvini
                                                                                       known to occur within area     Salvin's Albatross [64463]                                      Vulnerable                     Species or species habitat
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     may occur within area
Falco hypoleucos
Grey Falcon [929]                                         Vulnerable                   Species or species habitat     Thalassarche steadi
                                                                                       may occur within area          White-capped Albatross [64462]                                  Vulnerable                     Foraging, feeding or related
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     behaviour likely to occur
Hirundapus caudacutus                                                                                                                                                                                                within area
White-throated Needletail [682]                           Vulnerable                   Species or species             Thinornis cucullatus cucullatus
                                                                                                                      Hooded Plover (eastern), Eastern Hooded Plover                  Vulnerable                     Species or species habitat
                                                                                                                      [90381]                                                                                        known to occur within area

                                                                                                                      Turnix melanogaster
                                                                                                                      Black-breasted Button-quail [923]                               Vulnerable                     Species or species habitat
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     likely to occur within area

                                                                                                                      Fish
                                                                                                                      Epinephelus daemelii
                                                                                                                      Black Rockcod, Black Cod, Saddled Rockcod                       Vulnerable                     Species or species