Fraught runway to faster environmental approvals
The Energy: Rolling out the new environment laws has been a delicate balancing act for Minister Murray Watt - AAP/Mick Tsikas
Johnson Legal Director, Elaine Johnson, discusses recent changes to Australia’s federal environmental laws under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 with The Energy’s Kate Burgess:
“If fast-tracking projects means forcing the minister to make decisions without adequate information on impacts, that is just likely to be a fast-track to more refusals.”
