Labor vows to establish federal EPA if it wins second term – weeks after shelving 2022 election promise

Commitment may quell caucus angst about party's environment credentials, but could face backlash from Western Australia's industry and government

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Labor has vowed to establish a federal environment protection agency if it wins the election, just weeks after the 2022 election promise was shelved amid a political and industry backlash in Western Australia.

The public commitment will help placate Labor MPs anxious about the party's green credentials after the government went ahead with laws to protect Tasmania's salmon industry from legal challenge over its impact on the endangered Maugean skate.

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