New ‘national interest’ provision revealed as extracts of legislation circulated to stakeholders before bill introduced to parliament later this week
The environment minister would be able to approve projects at odds with nature laws if it was deemed in the “national interest” under the Albanese government’s planned overhaul of the environmental protection regime.
The proposed new provision was revealed in extracts of the legislation that were circulated to stakeholders on Monday, ahead of its introduction to federal parliament later this week.