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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Lisa Cox, Paul Karp and Adam Morton

Labor’s nature repair market must ban offsets and will need initial funding injection, scientists say

Australia’s environment minister Tanya Plibersek
Tanya Plibersek says a new offsets standard is being developed to make sure they deliver ‘genuine, lasting and additional benefits for the environment’. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

A “nature repair market” proposed by Labor will not succeed unless backed by substantial initial public funding and a ban on environmental offsets in the scheme, government scientific advisers have warned.

The Senate environment legislation committee heard a range of critical evidence about the bill on Friday, prompting the government to concede it will indefinitely postpone its passage in parliament.

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