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"This week, Environment Minister Murray Watt met with groups representing
business, the environment, renewable energy and First Nations communities in a
bid to restart Labor’s stalled environmental reforms. There was one group in
the room Watt presumably had to woo hardest: Western Australia’s miners.
Last year, the WA mining lobby mounted an ultimately successful campaign
opposing proposed changes to national environment laws, and the plan to set up
an environmental protection authority. State premier Roger Cook also lobbied
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese directly.
Watt has pledged to revive the reform process and on Thursday claimed a
compromise could be reached. The existing laws, he said, are “not working for
the environment, and they are not working for business”.
Whether his efforts will be enough to overcome the scepticism of the mining
industry remains to be seen. These companies have influence – and they will use
it if they see new laws as a threat."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
