\u201cWe need environment laws that protect our forests and the climate; these laws do neither, they are not worth the paper they\u2019re printed on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Environment Minister\u2019s job is to protect the environment, not just make approvals easier and cheaper for big business. Labor\u2019s laws fast track environmental destruction and do nothing to guarantee protection for the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRather than closing loopholes that give bulldozers and chainsaws free reign, this package is riddled with carve-out clauses to suit industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhile industry will no doubt say they haven\u2019t 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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Greens have been very clear from the start. We will not rubber stamp laws that fail to protect our native forests, wildlife and climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf the Minister wants to protect nature, then he has a lot of work to do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cWe need environment laws that protect our forests and the climate; these laws do neither, they are not worth the paper they\u2019re printed on. \u201cThe Environment Minister\u2019s job is to protect the environment, not just make approvals easier and cheaper for big business. Labor\u2019s laws fast track environmental destruction and do nothing to guarantee … Continue reading “Government\u2019s proposed environment laws put big business and polluters ahead of nature”<\/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-35563","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\/35563","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=35563"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35564,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35563\/revisions\/35564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}