The Senate has today debated new laws introduced by the Australian Greens to save our koalas.
\nGreens Environment Spokesperson Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said she will now move for a Senate Inquiry into the bill.
\n\u201cThe laws debated in the Senate today would stop land clearing of critical habitat and help save our koalas,\u201d Senator Hanson-Young said.
\n\u201cThis legislative move is absolutely vital to protecting our national treasure from extinction.
\n\u201cIf passed, these laws would prevent the Federal Environment Minister from approving new mines or developments in koala habitat.
\n\u201cThe Environment Minister is not just failing to save koalas, but she continuously signs their death warrant.
\n\u201cUnless habitat clearing is stopped, koalas will soon be extinct.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s clear our existing environmental laws will not save the koala.
\n\u201cOur wildlife has suffered enough. Off the back of the worst bushfires in history no approvals for developments or logging on koala land should be given.
\n\u201cI will be moving for a senate inquiry into this bill, to fully examine the urgency of action to save our koala and all of our precious wildlife.
\nThe Morrison Government cannot be trusted to protect koalas and our environment so the Parliament must.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Senate has today debated new laws introduced by the Australian Greens to save our koalas. Greens Environment Spokesperson Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said she will now move for a Senate Inquiry into the bill. \u201cThe laws debated in the Senate today would stop land clearing of critical habitat and help save our koalas,\u201d Senator Hanson-Young … Continue reading “Save the Koala laws debated in Senate”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}