Parks and Public Land Legislation Amendment (Central West and Other Matters) Bill 2025

The Parks and Public Land Legislation Amendment (Central West and Other Matters) Bill 2025 has been introduced into Parliament.

In summary, the Bill will:

• create Mount Buangor, Pyrenees and Wombat-Lerderderg national parks and Cobaw and Hepburn conservation parks, add land to the existing Bendigo Regional Park, extend the Wimmera Heritage River and revoke the proclamation of several native game sanctuaries in Central West Victoria
• create Mirboo North Conservation Park in West Gippsland
• enable seasonal recreational deer hunting by stalking in parts of the 3 new Central West national parks and Errinundra and Snowy River national parks in East Gippsland
• add land to the existing Yellingbo Landscape Conservation Area, change its name in the National Parks Act 1975 to the Liwik Barring Landscape Conservation Area and provide for riparian management licences in relation to 3 streamside areas
• amend the existing Alpine, Brisbane Ranges and Dandenong Ranges national parks, Gippsland Lakes Coastal Park and Yallock-Bulluk Marine and Coastal Park
• create Wandong Regional Park and update the plans of Baw Baw and Kinglake national parks, Avon Wilderness Park and Cathedral Range State Park to support the granting of Aboriginal title over those areas
• make several amendments to the Great Ocean Road and Environs Protection Act 2020
• add small areas at Princes Park and the St Kilda Marina to the land that can be leased under long-term leases at those sites
• make miscellaneous other amendments and improvements to several Acts.

Bill and explanatory memorandum

The Bill and the Explanatory Memorandum (which explains each part of the Bill) may be found at Bills and Legislation on the Parliament of Victoria website.

Second reading speech and statement of compatibility

The second reading speech and the statement of compatibility with the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities may be found on the Parliament of Victoria website from 11 September 2025.

Park plans

View the plans (maps) referred to in the Bill.

Crown Land (Reserves) Act

• Bendigo Regional Park (addition)
  • LEGL./24-214 (PDF, 1.0 MB)
• Wandong Regional Park
  • LEGL./24-047 (PDF, 216.5 KB)

National Parks Act

New parks

• Mount Buangor National Park
  • N.P. 124 (PDF, 917.1 KB)
• Pyrenees National Park
  • N.P. 126A (PDF, 944.5 KB)
  • N.P. 126B (PDF, 1010.2 KB)
• Wombat-Lerderderg National Park
  • N.P. 125A (PDF, 2.0 MB)
  • N.P. 125B (PDF, 1.3 MB)
  • N.P. 125C (PDF, 1.9 MB)
  • N.P. 125D (PDF, 1.6 MB)
  • N.P. 125E (PDF, 1.6 MB)
  • N.P. 125F (PDF, 2.0 MB)
  • LEGL./24-301 (PDF, 220.3 KB)
  • LEGL./24-303 (PDF, 841.1 KB)
  • LEGL./24-304 (PDF, 907.2 KB)
  • LEGL./24-305 (PDF, 1.3 MB)
• Cobaw Conservation Park
  • N.P. 127 (PDF, 884.9 KB)
• Hepburn Conservation Park
  • N.P. 128 (PDF, 981.8 KB)
• Mirboo North Conservation Park
  • N.P. 129 (PDF, 765.5 KB)

Amendments to existing parks

• Baw Baw National Park
  • N.P. 29/2 (PDF, 1.1 MB)
• Brisbane Ranges National Park
  • N.P. 1A (PDF, 65.0 KB)
• Dandenong Ranges National Park
  • N.P. 86B (PDF, 51.8 KB)
• Kinglake National Park
  • N.P. 8/11 (PDF, 500.6 KB)
  • N.P. 8A/4 (PDF, 558.0 KB)
  • N.P. 8B/2 (PDF, 495.7 KB)
• Avon Wilderness Park
  • N.P. 74/2 (PDF, 578.7 KB)
• Cathedral Range State Park
  • N.P. 41/3 (PDF, 152.5 KB)
• Gippsland Lakes Coastal Park
  • N.P. 46A/8 (PDF, 615.8 KB)
• Yallock-Bulluk Marine and Coastal Park
  • N.P. 122A (PDF, 644.9 KB)
• Liwik Barring Landscape Conservation Area – Yellingbo Nature Conservation Area
  • N.P. 123C/1 (PDF, 1.0 MB)
• Liwik Barring Landscape Conservation Area – Menzies Creek Nature Conservation Area
  • N.P. 123G (PDF, 718.3 KB)
• Liwik Barring Landscape Conservation Area – Woori Yallock Creek Nature Conservation Area
  • N.P. 123H (PDF, 792.9 KB)
• Liwik Barring Landscape Conservation Area – Brittania Creek Streamside Area
  • N.P. 123J (PDF, 729.2 KB)
• Liwik Barring Landscape Conservation Area – Little Yarra River Streamside Area
  • N.P. 123K (PDF, 921.1 KB)
• Liwik Barring Landscape Conservation Area – McRae Creek Streamside Area
  • N.P. 123L (PDF, 659.9 KB)
• McKillops Bridge Camping Area
  • N.P. 31A (PDF, 88.9 KB)

Heritage Rivers Act

• Wimmera Heritage River (addition)
  • LEGL./24-210 (PDF, 850.4 KB)

Carlton (Recreation Ground) Land Act

• Princes Park (addition to leasable areas)
  • LEGL./23-315 (PDF, 167.7 KB)

St. Kilda Land Act

• St Kilda Marina (consolidated leasable area)
  • LEGL./24-029 (PDF, 645.4 KB)