PM says bill that mentions testing makeup on animals is 'action' on extinction crisis

Scott Morrison claims to have passed laws 'dealing with that very issue' raised by the UN environment report

Scott Morrison has identified a bill that restricts testing makeup on animals as an example of his government "taking action" on the extinction of a million plant and animal species raised by a landmark UN report.

On Tuesday, the prime minister told reporters he had "been taking action" on matters raised by the report, saying: "We already introduced and passed legislation through the Senate actually dealing with that very issue in the last week of the parliament."