Labor\u2019s support of the Morrison Government\u2019s plans to fast-track approvals for major projects risks permanent destruction of our environment and the future of our native wildlife, the Greens say.
\nGreens Spokesperson for the Environment Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said:
\n\u201cLabor is teaming up with the Morrison Government to green light environmental destruction.
\n\u201cIt is very na\u00efve of Labor to think the process for environmental approvals won\u2019t be shoddier as a result of this deregulation plan.
\n\u201cThe government has not laid out any plans to improve the standards by which these decisions will be made.
\n\u201cThe truth is this deregulation plan will mean corners are cut, state laws that are even weaker than the already weak federal environmental laws will apply and our environment will be worse off for the sake of corporate profits.
\n\u201cThe government isn\u2019t just planning on cutting the time of assessment, it\u2019s cutting vital checks meaning projects are approved regardless of the damage to the environment.
\n\u201cOver the last 20 years only 2 per cent of projects under the EPBC Act have been knocked back. Labor\u2019s support for the government\u2019s plan will risk even more destruction.
\n\u201cAustralia has one of the worst extinction rates in the world and this shameful statistic was created on the watch of Labor and Liberal governments.
\n\u201cWe need stronger protections for our environment, not weaker ones. And we need a real opposition, not the Labor Party that keeps siding with environmental vandals.
\n\u201cAustralians will be extremely disappointed that Labor is sacrificing the environment and native animals in favour of mining profits and big developers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Labor\u2019s support of the Morrison Government\u2019s plans to fast-track approvals for major projects risks permanent destruction of our environment and the future of our native wildlife, the Greens say. Greens Spokesperson for the Environment Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said: \u201cLabor is teaming up with the Morrison Government to green light environmental destruction. \u201cIt is very na\u00efve … Continue reading “Labor teams up with Morrison to green light environmental destruction”<\/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-6984","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\/6984","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=6984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6984\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}