Prescient commentary from the incomparable #AmyREmeikis today in the Australian Institute Live blog:

“Party that refused to properly negotiate on laws now bitching about laws they refused to negotiate properly on

The refuse and bitch method is getting an incredible work out here from Sussan Ley.

She is so sad for the miners. So sad for the farmers. Just sad for Australia really. Because mining and farmers just pay for all of Australia to live (it doesn’t but she is milking the hyperbole cow extra hard this morning) and now they have to *sob* have the same approval processes for fossil fuel projects that are destroying the planet and *sobs harder* not clear as much land as they want *collapse on the floor sobbing*.

And my Dolly – will someone think of the loggers? All that native forestry that might end up *gasp* NOT LOGGED, because there will be a review into the industry’s exemptions in 18 months time?

OH THE HUMANITY! IF ONLY THERE HAD BEEN A WAY FOR THE COALITION TO HAVE INPUT INTO THESE LAWS WHICH IT REFUSED TO PROPERLY ENGAGE WITH BECAUSE ITS LEADER HAS THE AUTHORITY OF A WET SOCK FORGOTTEN IN THE SODDEN GRASS.”

How could I improve that that!?
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Party that refused to properly negotiate on laws now bitching about laws they refused to negotiate properly on https://live.thepoint.com.au/2025/11/the-point-live-labor-pushes-for-end-to-environment-law-stalemate-nationals-pretend-to-care-about-barnaby-joyces-future/

#EPBC #AusPol #LastSittingDay #Parliament #SussanLey #Greens #ALP

A response to universal condemnation by academics of #Go8 signatures on the #BCAS letter opposing the #EPBC legislation is telling us where their priorities lie”

“The Group of Eight (Go8) says it is committed to protecting the environment but wants to simplify infrastructure projects at universities.”

Since when is a University’s job to biuld infrastructure, where in a university’s core business does infrastructure projects some in? I guess that is what happens when neoliberals get into the #Education space, as #ScottyFromMarketing did with his inane #JodReadyGraduate idea. The Go8 is only pilling some more non-education baggage onto the #TertiaryEducation sector which can ill afford it.

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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-26/group-of-eight-go8-universities-environment-legislation/106056594

@johnquiggin
I’m Go8b smacked! WTF? That’s just put them in the ‘untrustworthy’ bucket AFAIAC. The TertiarySector has really been done over in the last decade or so…

Q. Is…has it been pushed far/long enough for academics and students to take a more aggressive stance? I know I’m angry enough and I have not attended Uni for a long time.

#Go8 #BCA #Politics #Education #AusPol #EPBC #Grifters #Lobbyists

Come over, destroy our environment and then pay no tax #auspol #epbc

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DReCVmhCVJY/?igsh=eXp0dDQ1eWdsZHdv

Government promises stronger protection for native forests if Greens back environment reforms

The government has offered a concession to the Greens on native forest logging as it steps up its…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #AU #Australia #climateaction #Climatechange #environment #EPBC #greens #Labor #logging #Nativeforestlogging
https://www.newsbeep.com/266985/

@ApaulD
So, we’re really going backwards with EPBC Act as long as the #LNP is involved in it. I could’ve told you that six months ago!

WHat a clusterfuck!
Hey #AlboPM, you OWN this! THanks for nothing.

#AusPol #EPBC

Handy guide to the proposed amendments to the EPBC Act from Environmental Justice Australia
#EPBC #australia #auspol #environment #law
Deforestation- no meaningful improvement
National Standards - mixed
Independent Umpire - yes (but needs teeth)
First Nation Rights - no meaningful improvement
National leadership - worse than current law
Threatened species - mixed
Fair Transparent System - worse than current law

Sophie @sophiescamps.bsky.social said "I cannot support the EPBC Act … in their current form, because there are the most ginormous, gigantic loopholes that you could drive a heavy hauler through, which means there is no guarantee that our #environment will be better protected." #EPBC #AusPol

'Climate trigger' formally ruled out of environment laws https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-22/climate-trigger-formally-ruled-out-of-environment-laws/105919546 #auslaw #auspol #EPBC #EPBCAct #climate

Another story about environmental law reforms where the focus is on streamlining project assessment, saving business costs, & economic development with NO MENTION AT ALL about (improvements for) environmental protection & conservation #EPBC
#australia #auspol #environment #law
https://au.news.yahoo.com/time-money-overhaul-ageing-laws-100335458.html

No‑go zones are coming. Under reformed EPBC laws, the government will define areas where development mustn’t happen, alongside zones where projects get fast-tracked or automatic approvals—moving from project-by-project chaos to smarter, regional environmental planning. Proposed laws to land in Parliament by November.

#environment #EPBC #conservation #development #Australia #biodiversity #planning #policy

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-09/epbc-environment-laws-no-go-zones/105748644

Leaked Treasury advice lists possible outcomes of Labor’s yet-to-be held roundtable

A leaked Treasury document has revealed a number of recommended outcomes for the federal government’s yet to be…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #advice #AU #Australia #environment #EPBC #federalpolitics #Housing #JimChalmers #nationalconstructioncode #Politics #productivityroundtable #Treasury
https://www.newsbeep.com/58549/

Labor must protect environment while rewriting laws ‘written to facilitate development’, Larissa Waters says
Greens leader says redesign of ‘ridiculous’ Howard-era rules must include explicit consideration of climate https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/27/greens-leader-larissa-waters-labor-national-environment-laws #auslaw #auspol #EPBC #climate

#auspol #australia
#environment #climatechange #law #EPBC

https://envirojustice.org.au/email-prime-minister-albanese-dont-gut-our-environment-laws/

Albanese says federal EPA will not be ‘same model’ as earlier one he promised but didn’t deliver https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/31/albanese-says-federal-epa-will-not-be-same-model-as-earlier-one-he-promised-but-didnt-deliver
Detail not yet clear about new nature watchdog plan, which comes after previous attempt drew backlash from Western Australia #auslaw #auspol #EPBC

The system is failing Australian wildlife

Clearing nearly 10,000 hectares of the endangered Gouldian finch habitat?
"The West Australian government is under federal investigation over conservation zones in the Kimberley's Ord Valley."

"The EPBC Act is 25 years old. A review into that act found it to be failing the environment."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-31/dpird-under-environmental-investigation/104872586
#birds #GouldianFinch #LansClearing #agriculture #expansion #sandalwood #corn #cotton #OrdValley #epbc #failure #MicroExtinction #extinction

The latest Water Technical Advisory Group meeting minutes on the Santos website are terrifying. Santos is walking further away from its commitment to monitor groundwater in the #Pilliga and the experts seem to be allowing this to happen. How can cumulative impact on groundwater be assessed when monitoring is so weak? Randall Cox from OGIA is not concerned.

#EPBC #PilligaPipeline #CSG #AUSpol

https://narrabrigasproject.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/NGP-WTAG-Minutes-20241022_Final.pdf

Conserving Australia’s biodiversity requires a national reckoning with this vast continent’s lands, seas and waters

"Australia’s wildlife and ecosystems are iconic, integral to our national identity and loved the world over. But they’re often disregarded, destroyed and are suffering decline at alarming rates. More than 100 species extinct and 2000-plus threatened species and ecological communities: This is Australia’s unenviable conservation record since European colonisation, about 240 years ago."

"A new federal government in 2022 brought promise of ending environmental neglect, commitments to being “nature positive”, and a stated goal of “no new extinctions”. Central to this was the reform of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act)."

"It might seem a strange thing for a wildlife ecologist to say, but genuine progress for conservation in Australia does not hinge on more science. We know the threats and risks – we’re currently monitoring species to extinction."
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https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/opinion-and-analysis/2024/08/opinion-law-reform-for-nature/
#biodiversity #conservation #wildlife #EPBC #EPBCAct #NaturePositive #law #MoreData #EPBC #extinction #destruction #australia #SettlerSociety