The proposed schedule allows only 12 days to thoroughly examine the most substantial amendments to the national environmental protection framework since 1999.
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The environment minister aims to enact a comprehensive revision of federal environmental legislation within this year, urging mining companies to persuade the Coalition to collaborate with Labor in expediting the bill’s passage during the final three weeks of parliamentary sessions.
In confidential discussions with mining executives in Perth this week, Murray Watt emphasized the commitment to accelerate project approvals as part of the proposed reforms to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC Act).
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