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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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