Can Queensland Labor end broadscale land clearing, as promised?

Green groups welcome proposed changes to land-clearing law but there are still reasons to doubt they are enough to halt the crisis

Last week, the Queensland government tabled a highly anticipated bill seeking to implement its promise to "end broadscale clearing in Queensland".

Queensland is responsible for more tree clearing than the rest of the country combined, so making good on that promise would go a long way to halting Australia's growing land clearing crisis.