Overhaul of environmental laws looks shaky, with 'nature positive' and industrial reforms delayed
4 months ago

Overhaul of environmental laws looks shaky, with 'nature positive' and industrial reforms delayed

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Plans to overhaul the nation's environmental laws have been delayed yet again, with Labor struggling to secure any support for its "Nature Positive" laws. Labor's trouble with environmental reform is compounded by its inability to secure support from either the Greens or the Coalition for its Future Made In Australia policy to accelerate the development of critical minerals needed for the renewable energy transition. Global 'nature positive' summit puts focus on troubled policies At a UN biodiversity conference late in 2022, Ms Plibersek announced Australia would host the next meeting, a "Global Nature Positive Summit", in her home city of Sydney in 2024. Between the watered-down nature repair market and the stalled environment law reforms with the same "nature positive" label, it looks like Ms Plibersek will have limited progress to report as the summit's host.

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Nature law reforms likely to be delayed as Labor struggles to win Greens support for pared-back EPA
3 months ago

Nature law reforms likely to be delayed as Labor struggles to win Greens support for pared-back EPA

ABC  

Cross-party negotiations to rescue the government's cornerstone election commitment for nature law reform are set to spill into next month, as Labor struggles to convince the Greens to vote for a pared-back environmental protection agency. Labor and the Greens are still hashing out whether to include a "climate trigger" in the EPA legislation, part of the biggest overhaul of habitat …

Nature bill talks have reached the 'final' stage as the federal government mulls a withdrawal
3 months, 1 week ago

Nature bill talks have reached the 'final' stage as the federal government mulls a withdrawal

ABC  

The federal government's signature nature protection reforms are on the cusp of collapsing with Labor increasingly ready to walk away if it cannot do a deal with the Coalition, judging an alternative Greens-backed plan would be too politically damaging in Western Australia. As the major parties continued tense negotiations with the government, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek declared talks over a …

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