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Poppy Johnston, Zac de Silva and Grace Crivellaro

Nature's recovery, not decline, promise of major reform

Labor's plans to better protect the nation's environment may face many hurdles in parliament. (Stuart Walmsley/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia's beloved bush in recovery rather than decline is being promised by the federal environment minister if his reworked nature laws make it through parliament.

Murray Watt used a national address to spruik the latest attempt to modernise the laws, widely considered as failing both nature and industry.

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