Labor promises a comprehensive overhaul of federal environmental framework
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Australia will get the biggest overhaul of its federal environment laws in two decades if a Labor government is elected next year.
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...





