Albanese urged to ditch Howard-era native forest logging exemptions
by Graham Readfearn from on (#6QXCX)
Exclusive: independent MPs and Lidia Thorpe tell PM that environment law reforms under negotiation must remove exemptions for native forest logging
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Independent MPs and a crossbench senator are trying to increase the pressure on the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, to remove Howard-era exemptions that allow native forest logging to operate outside national environment laws.
The government has been negotiating over reforms to the laws in the Senate, where the Greens and crossbenchers David Pocock and Lidia Thorpe have been pushing for an end to the exemptions for logging covered by regional forest agreements.
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