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Marion Rae

Mining heartland backs environment watchdog with teeth

Polling of people in Australia's most resource-dependent state show they back nature laws. (Alan Porritt/AAP PHOTOS)

Most Australians living in the nation's top resource-dependent state want "nature positive" laws and climate impacts to be tallied for big projects, a survey shows.

Polling of more than 1500 Western Australian voters released on Monday found nearly four in five (78 per cent) wanted stronger laws to protect nature.

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