On 16 April 2024 the Minister for the Environment and Water Tanya Plibersek announced the ‘second stage’ of the Albanese Government’s Nature Positive reforms. The minister said the changes ‘will deliver stronger environment powers, faster environment approvals, and better environment information and transparency’. Read more...
During October 2023, Dr Sophie Scamps MP (Independent) and Senator Sarah Hanson-Young (Australian Greens) introduced identical bills to expand the existing ‘water trigger’ in the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) ‘to ensure all proposed unconventional gas projects are assessed for their impacts on critical water resources’. Read more...
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