Labor’s new environment laws won’t be ‘credible’ unless new projects consider climate change, advocates warn

Environment minister Murray Watt says the government’s thumping federal election win created a ‘very clear mandate’ to establish the EPA 2.0 and fix the nature laws

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The latest attempt to rewrite federal environmental protection laws won’t be “credible” unless it forces decision-makers to consider climate change when assessing projects, advocates have warned, as consultation on the changes begins.

Select environment groups, miners, business and farming chiefs joined the new environment minister, Murray Watt, for a roundtable in Canberra on Thursday.

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