#fasttrackapprovals — Public Fediverse posts
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Australia's new national environmental standards
"Former ACCC chair condemns proposed exemption allowing minister to approve projects that don’t comply with law. Samuel, who led a 2020 review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act, also argued a loophole that effectively exempts native forest logging from the laws “shouldn’t be there”.
“Logging operations should be subject to the same rules as mining, agriculture, urban development and so on." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/14/graeme-samuel-calls-for-labor-to-ditch-national-interest-workaround-for-environment-lawsThe Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC Act)
The problem of ministerial discretion and “national interest” exemptions. >>
https://mastodon.au/@Bellingen/115528660854362227Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law. >>
https://mastodon.au/@Bellingen/115528971744822369#EPBCAct #biodiversity #NationalInterest #law #exemption #MinisterialDiscretion #FastTrackApprovals #VestedInterest #ParliamentaryScrutiny #EnvironmentalLaw #conservation #regulation #governance #democracy #NSWLogging #landclearing #DualState #lawlessness #authoritarianism #LawGuardrails #normalcy #EmergencyPowers #NationalInterest #legitimisation #exemption #constitution #state #governance #LoggingImpacts
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Turbocharge developments:
"NSW planning overhaul removes corruption and environment safeguards, legal experts say""There are growing fears that a major overhaul of planning laws proposed by the NSW government will bypass environmental protections and remove safeguards against corruption."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-13/enviornment-and-corruption-concerns-raised-over-planning-laws/105875992
#biodiversity #sprawl #environment #NSW #wildlife #corruption #PlanningAndDevelopment #FastTrackApprovals #RegulatoryHairballs #law #regulation