To the new environment minister, Murray Watt: it’s time to get reforms right | Lyndon Schneiders
by Lyndon Schneiders from Environment | The Guardian on (#6X7NS)
Long-term reform is not going to be easy, but we have wasted 15 years and everyone has lost, especially the natural world
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Long overdue reform of national environment laws is unfinished business for the 48th parliament and the re-elected Albanese government.
Senator Murray Watt, a Queenslander, is well respected within the government and has a reputation for taking hard decisions and bringing together diverse stakeholders. Both of these attributes will be at a premium if the minister is to succeed where others have not.
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