Labor, Greens and key crossbencher reject Morrison government’s overhaul of environment laws

Opposition likens Coalition's proposed legislation to Abbott government's controversial one-stop shop' scheme

The Morrison government will face a battle in the Senate to pass environmental protection legislation amendments, with critics accusing it of resurrecting a maligned Abbott-era one-stop shop approval" system that will fast-track extinctions".

The government has not yet formally responded to the Graeme Samuel-led review into the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Act, which made 38 recommendations to address two decades of failure in environmental protection law, despite receiving it nearly a year ago.