The Australian Government is poised to hand over their national environmental approval responsibilities to states and territories, so the Places You Love alliance commissioned the Environmental Defenders Office to analyse whether state and territory laws can do the job?

The clear answer is no.

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HSI launches Better Wool Guide for consumers to avoid wool industry sore point Devolving extinction: State environment approvals would weaken nature protection

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