Labor must protect environment while rewriting laws ‘written to facilitate development’, Larissa Waters says
Greens leader says redesign of ‘ridiculous’ Howard-era rules must include explicit consideration of climate
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Larissa Waters on holding the Labor government to account – Australian Politics podcast
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Greens leader Larissa Waters warns Labor’s rewrite of national environmental laws will not be credible if the government uses its planned 18-month timeline to continue to approve new coal and gas projects or allow continued habitat destruction.
Labor’s proposal to create a federal environment protection agency collapsed in the final months of the last parliament. A deal with the Greens was being negotiated by the then environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, but Anthony Albanese pushed the changes off the agenda, fearing an electoral backlash in Western Australia.
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