Saturday Magazine

17 Feb 2025

Saturday, 15th, February 2025: Euan Ritchie, Prof Wildlife Ecology & Conservation, Deakin Uni. Nature Positive Reforms – Environment will be a key issue at next Election

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Macca and Ben talk to Euan Ritchie, Prof Wildlife Ecology & Conservation, Deakin Uni. Nature Positive Reforms – Environment will be a key issue at next Election

https://euanritchie.org/2025/02/03/the-conversation-labors-dumping-of-australias-new-nature-laws-means-the-environment-is-shaping-as-a-key-2025-election-issue/

https://theconversation.com/labors-dumping-of-australias-new-nature-laws-means-the-environment-is-shaping-as-a-key-2025-election-issue-248872

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has shelved the proposed reforms to Australia’s 25-year-old environment laws, citing a lack of parliamentary support for the changes.

The decision breaks Labor’s 2022 election commitment to overhaul the protections. The Albanese government is now the latest in a string of governments that have tried and failed to reform the law known formally as the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.

This is despite two major independent reviews calling for wholesale change.

Labor’s capitulation does not, however, change the facts. Australia’s natural environment is deteriorating rapidly. Laws are urgently needed to protect our nation’s valuable natural assets.

Establishing effective laws is an investment that will benefit Australia’s biodiversity, economy, cultural values, health and wellbeing. Nature is now a key 2025 election issue.

 

 

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30 Nov 2025

Sat, 29th Nov, 2025: Sarah Witty, ALP MP, Division of Melbourne, Federal Politics Update.

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Sarah Witty, MP for Victorian Division of Melbourne, joins Kenny and Paul in the studio as the last guest for ...

30 Nov 2025

Saturday, 29th, Nov, 2025: Hugo Toovey, Founder of 25 STAY ALIVE

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Kenny and Paul talk to Hugo Toovey, Founder of 25 STAY ALIVE! Hugo Toovey is an Army Major in his early ...

30 Nov 2025

Saturday, 29th, Nov, 2025: Lucio Ribeiro, Chief AI Officer at TBWA Australia; latest from fast moving world of AI, and the DISRUPT AI Film Festival (Aust. 1st GenAI film fest)

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Lucio has held senior executive roles at Optus, Nine, and Seven, founder of three tech businesses, a former lecturer at ...