2025-10-22
“We need environment laws that protect our forests and the climate; these laws do neither, they are not worth the paper they’re printed on.
“The Environment Minister’s job is to protect the environment, not just make approvals easier and cheaper for big business. Labor’s laws fast track environmental destruction and do nothing to guarantee protection for the environment.
“Rather than closing loopholes that give bulldozers and chainsaws free reign, this package is riddled with carve-out clauses to suit industry.
“This bill has been drafted with the interests of mining industry front and centre. It weakens environmental protection. It will take us backwards and is worse than the status quo.
“While industry will no doubt say they haven’t got enough, their grubby fingerprints are all over it. These laws are written to help big business and the mining companies, at the expense of nature.
“The Greens have been very clear from the start. We will not rubber stamp laws that fail to protect our native forests, wildlife and climate.
“If the Minister wants to protect nature, then he has a lot of work to do.”