Australia will get the biggest overhaul of its federal environment laws in two decades if a Labor government is elected next year.
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| As environmental laws were foreshadowed at the Labor national conference, outside a climate change rally was in full swing. |
Labor would establish a new Australian Environment Act and create a federal Environmental Protection Agency in its first term.
The commitments were flagged by Bill Shorten and approved by delegates at the ALP national conference, which is meeting in Adelaide.
The new legislation would replace the present Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act which was passed under the Howard government’s environment minister Robert Hill in 1999.
The new agency would oversee and enforce the revised act, conduct inquiries and advise the minister on environmental approval decisions.
Read the story by Michelle Gratton from The Conversation - “Labor promises a comprehensive overhaul of federal environmental framework.”
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