Environmental laws are a big flop says Samuel review

Harley Dennett
January 29 2021 - 9:00am
Minister for the Environment Sussan Ley and Professor Graeme Samuel during the release of his interim report on the Independent Review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). Picture: Jamila Toderas
Minister for the Environment Sussan Ley and Professor Graeme Samuel during the release of his interim report on the Independent Review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). Picture: Jamila Toderas

A review of Australia's environment laws has warned an independent watchdog was needed as the federal government moved ahead with giving decision-making powers to state and territory governments over developments.

Harley Dennett

Harley Dennett

Public Service Editor

Former federal politics bureau chief for the Canberra Times, via a career that's taken me from rural Victoria to Washington DC. Telling the stories of my local LGBTI community brought me to political journalism, where I've covered eight budgets, four national elections in two countries, Defence, public service and international governance.

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