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Federal Govt to implement new Environmental Protection Act

Tanya Plibersek delivering an address to the National Press Club in response to the State of the Environment report. Picture: Twitter

THE Federal Government has announced it will implement a new independent Environmental Protection Agency, which will be responsible for assessing and approving development applications.

Speaking at a Queensland Conservation Council event yesterday, environment minister Tanya Plibersek said the government was undertaking the biggest environmental reform agenda in a generation. She was responding to a report by Professor Graeme Samuel which labelled the…

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