Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) Proposed development and decision-making should be based on the effective integration of environmental, social and cultural considerations in order to improve public health and wellbeing and environmental benefit.
(2) Decision-makers should take into account the best practicably available information about the potential impacts of climate change so as to avoid, so far as possible, serious or irreversible damage resulting from climate change.
(3) Decision-makers should take into account the impact of any individual action or policy on public health and wellbeing and seek to ensure that public health and wellbeing is enhanced by the action or policy.
(4) Each generation should ensure that the environmental, social and cultural benefits that have been acquired are maintained or enhanced for the benefit of future generations.
(5) Protection of the environment and delivery of sustainable development is a responsibility shared by all levels of government, industry, business, communities and the people of Victoria.