Labor optimistic of nature laws deal with Greens as summer break nears Dan Jervis-Bardy Labor is growing optimistic it can land a deal with the Greens to rush through its signature environment protection laws before parliament suspends for the summer break. The government is desperate to pass legislation to overhaul the Environment Protection and Biodiversity […]
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Australia politics live: Labor’s concessions to get Greens and Coalition to back nature laws overhaul revealed | Australian politics
Revealed: Labor’s offer to get Greens to back EPBC overhaul Dan Jervis-Bardy Guardian Australia has obtained the separate sets of concessions that the Albanese government is prepared to make to its nature laws to secure the Greens or the Coalition’s support. The proposed concessions to the Greens, circulated on Tuesday morning, include: Limiting the fast-tracking […]
Australia politics live: new NSW Liberal leader happy to differ from Ley on net zero policy; Watt ‘prepared to compromise’ on nature bill | Australia news
NSW Liberal leader ‘not going to tell my federal colleagues what to do’ on net zero Penry Buckley Returning to the new NSW opposition leader, Kellie Sloane says she is “not going to tell my federal colleagues what to do” on net zero after the state Liberal party voted to back the policy in contrast […]
Australia politics live: ‘not our job to make a bad bill better’, opposition says of nature laws face-off; Victoria passes changes to assisted dying bill | Australia news
‘Not our job to make a bad bill better,’ says shadow environment minister The shadow environment minister, Angie Bell, is doing the media rounds this morning, and sits in the “hot seat” – as she calls it – on RN Breakfast after Murray Watt. The Coalition says its chief concerns lie in the “wide-ranging powers” […]
Minister to retain final say on controversial projects under Labor’s long-awaited nature laws | Australian politics
The environment minister will still be responsible for approving projects under new federal nature laws, after Labor rebuffed calls for a completely independent watchdog with full decision-making powers. The retention of ministerial decision-making powers satisfies a key demand from the Coalition and industry and is not opposed by the Greens. But it has been criticised […]