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Greens prepare to tear environment reforms 'to shreds'

Hopes for quick Senate passage of sweeping environment reforms appear set to be dashed with the Greens claiming they have been written for "big business".

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View from The Hill: Nationals dump net zero – say Australia shouldn’t cut emissions faster than comparable countries

Once again, the Nationals have got out in front of the Liberals on a key issue, this time net zero, announcing on Sunday they were dumping their commitment to it.

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Australia Tables Historic Environmental Reform Legislation Promising Economic Boost and Conservation Balance

Australia's government introduces comprehensive environmental reform legislation promising A$6.9 billion annual economic benefits through faster project approvals while establishing a new National Environmental Protection Agency. The landmark bill faces political challenges requiring crossbench support.

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Urgent need for speed in renewable energy approvals

Environmental reform analysts have weighed in on the federal government's bid to modernise Australia's dated nature protection laws, calling for a key change.

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Morning Mail: ‘now or never’ for Watt’s nature laws, mother vows to continue blockers fight, Trump’s White House revamp

Environment minister calls for cross-party support as Matt Kean warns Coalition to support the bill; Trump fires federal commissioners over White House reno

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

Long-awaited reforms to environmental protections are finally before parliament but the battle to enshrine them into law is only getting started.

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View from The Hill: pressure on embattled Ley to do a deal on EPBC reform

Sussan Ley will survive “the killing season”, as commentators dub the fag end of the political year. But she’s in bad shape.

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Storm in a teacup or dark clouds: why do people hate the BoM website redesign?

The Bureau of Meteorology is on the back foot after its new website launched to a flurry of online – and political – anger

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Demands for review of BOM site after mass complaints

Federal politicians are calling for a review of the Bureau of Meteorology's revamped website after it was labelled difficult to navigate and missing key tools.

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Bureau of Meteorology apologises for new website and promises changes after ‘flawed’ update

BoM’s statement comes after federal environment minister says site refresh ‘not meeting many users’ expectations’

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Ley had ‘a really strong point to make’ on Joy Division T-shirt, Liberal MP says – as it happened

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Storm brews as new BOM site blamed for 'risking lives'

A state government is leading the charge for changes to the Bureau of Meteorology's new website, saying its launch might put lives at risk during storm season.

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'Don't go too far': MPs warn of environment concessions

Labor backbenchers want the environment minister to hold firm on controversial reforms to nature protections as negotiations drag on.

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Environment minister could approve projects at odds with nature laws under Labor overhaul

New ‘national interest’ provision revealed as extracts of legislation circulated to stakeholders before bill introduced to parliament later this week

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Opposition wants ‘balanced outcome’ on environment protection reforms – as it happened

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Battle ahead for Labor as details on nature bill emerge

Labor insists its long-awaited environmental reforms will be passed through the Senate despite objections from both the opposition and Greens.

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Native seed shortage 'undermines' Australia's eco goals

Scientists and conservationists say a native seed shortage is threatening Australia's commitment to protect and conserve 30 per cent of its landmass by 2030.

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As the Coalition shows its colours on nature, Labor faces a question: will it really protect Australia’s wildlife?

There are some decent elements in what Labor is proposing, but the overhaul could end up as tinkering rather than transformation

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Bark stripped off Labor's landmark environmental reform

Landmark environmental reforms could be dead on arrival, having won no friends from climate activists or those who want mining projects fast-tracked.

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Grattan on Friday: Libs should reflect on proverb ‘As a dog returns to its vomit, so fools repeat their folly’

Twice in recent times the Liberals have faced an existential crisis over climate and energy policy: in 2009 over Kevin Rudd’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, and in 2018 over the National Energy Guarantee, a plan to reduce emissions while maintaining reliability at lowest cost.

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Afternoon Update: Nature laws in doubt; 1970 cold case suspect named in parliament; and Sydney’s queer and kink subcultures

Coalition joins the Greens in criticising Labor’s proposed changes to federal environmental protection laws

The Guardian - AU

Greens say Labor’s nature laws revamp ‘worse than status quo’ with climate impact of fossil fuel projects overlooked

Private briefings confirm how Labor intends to deal with some contentious elements of rewritten Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act

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Morning Mail: US pushes for Aukus tweaks, environment reforms to target company profits, and how to keep pets cool

Prime minister addresses concerns about American comments on ‘ambiguity’ of pact; tips to protect animals as temperatures set to soar

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Companies could have profits from breaking environment laws stripped under Australian reforms

Exclusive: Looming overhaul of protections should also include definition of ‘unacceptable impact’ on environment, Murray Watt says

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Greens threaten Labor with preference power play

Minister Murray Watt's approval of the North West Shelf gas extension looms large over a Greens move to withhold preferences from the Labor party.

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