State Coastal Policy draft amendment 01-2025

Overview

On 24 April 2025, the Honourable Jeremy Rockliff, Premier and Minister for Administrating the State Polices and Projects Act 1993 (the Act), in accordance with Section 15A(2) of the Act, directed the Commission to advise whether the proposed draft amendment 01-2025 to the State Coastal Policy (the State Policy) constitutes significant change to the State Policy.

On 8 May 2025, the Commission considered whether the draft amendment constitutes significant change to the State Policy and submitted its advice to the Premier.

On 6 June 2025, the Premier determined that the draft amendment 01-2025 constitutes a significant change to the State Policy, and in accordance with section 15A(8) of the Act, directed the Commission to prepare a report on the draft amendment 01-2025.

In summary, draft amendment 01-25 to the State Policy proposes to amend Outcome 1.4.1 and 1.4.2 of the Policy and insert a new definition for the term ‘tolerable risk’, to allow consideration of appropriate development to occur on actively mobile landforms. The modifications to Outcome 1.4.1 aim to establish consistency and clarification of the policy setting. The changes to Outcome 1.4.2 aim to remove the prohibition of development and introduce a performance-based policy response that allows certain use and development to be considered, provided it can demonstrate compliance with certain criteria.