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plan, unless the plan, as so varied, continues to meet the requirements of section 270 or 271, as the case requires.
    (5) Before varying a plan, the Minister must obtain and consider advice from the Scientific Committee on the content of the variation.
    (6) If the Minister has made a plan jointly with, or adopted a plan that has been made by, a State or self-governing Territory, or an agency of a State or self-governing Territory, the Minister must seek the cooperation of that State or Territory, or that agency, with a view to varying the plan.
    (7) Sections 275, 276 and 278 apply to the variation of a plan in the same way that those sections apply to the making of a recovery plan or threat abatement plan.

Content of threat abatement plans—Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000
Part 7 Species and communities

Regulation 7.12. Content of threat abatement plans.
       For paragraph 271 (2) (g) of the Act, a threat abatement plan must state:
       (a) any of the following that may be adversely affected by the key threatening process concerned:
           (i) listed threatened species or listed threatened ecological communities;
           (ii) areas of habitat listed in the register of critical habitat kept under section 207A of the Act;
           (iii) any other native species or ecological community that is likely to become threatened if the process continues; and
       (b) in what areas the actions specified in the plan most need to be taken for threat abatement.

Appendix B: EPBC-Listed Species and ecological communities impacted by feral pigs
The following species and ecological communities are listed as threatened under the EPBC Act. They have been extracted from the Department of the Environment and Energy's Species Profile and Threats (SPRAT) database after being identified as threatened or potentially threatened by feral pigs. The SPRAT database is compiled using data from multiple sources, including state and territory conservation agencies, research organisations and individual researchers.

Species or                                                                                                                                                                                                                EPBC Status            Grouping[2]           Confidence                  Comments
Community Name                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     (may be regionally focussed)
Amytornis barbatus barbatus                                                                                                                                                                                               Endangered             Bird                  Perceived                   There are a number of factors which may contribute to habitat degradation including rooting (digging) by feral pigs.
(Grey Grasswren (Bulloo)
Casuarius casuarius johnsonii                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Southern cassowary occurs along the eastern part of Cape York. Feral pigs degrade the bird's habitat by degrading water sources.
(Southern Cassowary (Australian), Southern Cassowary)                                                                                                                                                                     Endangered             Bird                  Known
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Feral pigs probably compete with Southern Cassowaries for fallen fruit. Pig traps are also known to have resulted in the deaths of some cassowaries. Feral pigs wallowing and rooting around the edges of watercourses and swamps degrade habitat and affect water quality
Dasyornis                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Feral pigs damage habitat, particularly by uprooting Wild Sorghum.
brachypterus                                                                                                                                                                                                              Endangered             Bird                  Known
(Eastern Bristlebird)