Labor will introduce a new Australian environment act and create a commonwealth environmental protection agency, Bill Shorten has announced.
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| The shadow environment minister, Tony Burke, delivers his speech at Labor’s national conference on Sunday. |
Shorten made the commitment in his opening address to the 48th Labor national conference in Adelaide on Sunday, kicking the event off with two key concessions to the Labor Environment Action Network (Lean).
The announcement defused tension as a deal was reached before a possible conference-floor fight but Shorten’s speech was still overshadowed in part by protesters urging Labor to stop the Adani Carmichael coalmine.
Read the story from The Guardian by Paul Karp and Lisa Cox - “Labor announces environmental overhaul, avoiding pre-election internal battle.”
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