23/11/2025 21:13
The Guardian
Government hopes concessions will entice enough senators to pass the long-awaited laws. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCoalition has requested at least seven changes to nature laws, Bell saysContinuing her media rounds, Angie Bell, tells ABC News Breakfast there are seven changes “at a minimum” that the Coalition has put forward to the minister on the environment reforms that the government is hoping to pass this week.The scope of the new environmental protection authority, the definition of “net gain”, and the definition of “unacceptable impacts” are in the top three. There are very many other measures that the minister needs to look at in order to come back to us with those amendments so we can find a pathway forward.We’ll take the government’s amendments on their merit and make sure that we deliver, as a Coalition, good outcomes for jobs, in particular, across our country, to make sure that there is certainty around investment and productivity.We’re certainly not in a rush to fail, Sally, and we’ve heard three days of inquiry where all of the stakeholders have agreed that the bills are unworkable the way they are. What I will say is that that the ball is firmly in the minister’s court. I have put forward those red lines, if you like, or those substantive issues that the Coalition has with this set of bills, and it’s up to him now to come back to us with the amendments.I’ve been solely focused on the EPBC reforms. There’s a 1,500-page package that I’ve read and I’ve been working absolutely 100% in lockstep with the leader of the opposition’s office and others to make sure that we understand what the ramifications are here. I’ve been meeting with stakeholders. So, certainly, we are 100% focused on EPBC reform. Continue reading...
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