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LAURA TINGLE, CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT: Federal environment ministers might often be seen as the ones responsible for fluffy animals and picture opportunities.
TANYA PLIBERSEK: There will be times as a minister that I make decisions that you like. There will be times as a minister that I make decisions that you don’t like but hard decisions are part of this job and I’m not going to shy away from them. ANDREW GEE: These concerns include a lack of transparency, lost jobs, the timing of the decision with state and federal environmental approvals already given, the contrary opinion of Orange Local Aboriginal Land Council and the impossibility of moving the dam within existing mine boundaries.
So I haven't blocked the mine. My decision protects the headwaters and the springs of the Belubula River.The Minister has the sole authority to approve a project under environmental legislation and has clear legal obligations to base that decision on the scientific or heritage evidence. TANYA PLIBERSEK : At the moment, the minister makes every decision when it comes to environmental approvals.
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