Frydenberg's proposal on Toondah Harbour shows need for environmental regulator, Labor says

Guardian Australia revealed Josh Frydenberg raised changing the boundaries of significant wetlands after being lobbied by a Liberal donor

Labor says revelations that the former environment minister Josh Frydenberg proposed amending the boundaries to an area of internationally significant wetlands after he was lobbied by a developer and major party donor demonstrate why Australia needs an independent environmental regulator.

Federal Labor's environment spokeswoman, Terri Butler, compared the now-treasurer's past proposal in relation to Toondah Harbour to the Jam Land case, in which Frydenberg's office sought advice about changing protections to grasslands at the centre of an investigation into illegal clearing on a property part-owned by the energy minister, Angus Taylor, and his relatives.