Key crossbench senators say they won't support bid to change Australia's environment laws

The Coalition plan to hand development approval powers to the states hits a further roadblock after Senate inquiry

A Morrison government plan to change Australia's environment laws to allow development approval powers to be handed to the states has hit a further roadblock, with three key crossbench senators saying in a report they will not support them.

The crossbenchers' opposition means that, together with Labor and the Greens, the Morrison government's laws would be voted down in the Senate. But one crossbench senator told Guardian Australia he could change his mind once he had seen details in documents that the government has so far withheld.