Labor strikes deal with Greens on nature laws overhaul amid criticism ‘dirty deal’ being ‘rammed through’

Deal to rewrite the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act marks end to five-year struggle to fix broken system

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A major overhaul of federal environment protection laws has been rushed through the Senate under a deal between Labor and the Greens, ending a five-year struggle to deliver on Graeme Samuel's blueprint to fix the broken system.

The legislation passed the upper house after 7pm on Thursday, handing Anthony Albanese a major political win on the final sitting day of the parliamentary year.