Can Murray Watt fix Australia’s broken nature laws? First stop, Western Australia
- Written by Justine Bell-James, Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
New federal Environment Minister Murray Watt is in Western Australia this week to reboot nature law reform. Reform stalled in the Senate last term, following stiff opposition from the state’s Labor government and mining sector.
Watt has a big task ahead of him. Labor came into power in 2022 promising large-scale law reform to reverse...
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