Coalition to help Labor rush through new nature laws if environmental protections dropped
by Dan Jervis-Bardy and Lisa Cox from Environment | The Guardian on (#71KR1)
Sussan Ley's offer allows a clear path to pass laws to rewrite Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act in final sitting week
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The Coalition has offered to help Labor rush through new nature laws if it agrees to gut environment protection, challenging Labor to side with business interests over green groups to implement the long-awaited changes.
Environmental lawyers are urging the government against further weakening already flawed laws at the behest of industry".
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