Developers must counteract any harm to nature their projects will cause under reforms to be brought to parliament as soon as next week as Environment Minister Murray Watt reveals crucial details of his plan that will challenge his strategy of seeking support from the Liberals.

The federal government is attempting to deliver on its election promise to create a national environment watchdog, which Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has declared a top priority in this term of parliament, and a pledge to reform the Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act.

Environment Minister Murray Watt. Credit: Alex Ellinghausen

It must rely on the support of either the Greens or the Coalition in the Senate, given Labor does not command a majority in the upper house. Watt has targeted the

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