Matt Kean has scolded the federal Coalition for “playing politics rather than acting in the national interest” on new nature laws, adding to the political and industry pressure on Sussan Ley to strike a deal with Labor.

The former New South Wales Liberal treasurer and Labor-appointed chair of the Climate Change Authority sent the message to his party colleagues ahead of Labor’s introduction on Thursday of a 1,400-page bill to overhaul the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act. ‘Shock and anger’ as Labor proposes giving states more power over fossil fuel projects Read more

Meanwhile, the environment minister, Murray Watt, faces pressure in his own ranks after his former cabinet colleague Ed Husic sounded the alarm about a proposed new power that would allow

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