Leaders with responsibilities for sea country on way to Canberra to lobby against legislation
Josie Alec and Raelene Cooper at the North West Shelf Project in Karratha, Western Australia. The pair are among First Nations campaigners lobbying against the OPGGS bill.Josie Alec and Raelene Cooper at the North West Shelf Project in Karratha, Western Australia. The pair are among First Nations campaigners lobbying against the OPGGS bill., which the crossbench and environment groups have labelled “window dressing” that fails to prevent new rules watering down First Nations consultation.
On Monday the resources minister, Madeleine King, introduced changes requiring the environment minister to agree that changes to consultation are consistent with ecological sustainability development principles.Kirsty Howey, the executive director of Environment Centre NT, said the requirement for new regulations to be consistent with ESD principles was “practically meaningless”.
A spokesperson for King said: “If there is disagreement between the two ministers, the regulations could still be validly made – however, if that were to happen then companies would be required to seek separate environmental approvals through both the OPGGS Act and the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act.”
Auto industry leaders, including a group who attended a government briefing on the new vehicle efficiency standard last week, have called for tweaks including adding more credits into the scheme, as there are in the US version. An industry source who spoke to Guardian Australia was optimistic the government would ease its proposed NVES in line with these concerns.
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