Businesses are watching carefully amid fears the new body could complicate critical projects and worsen state and federal duplication
, opening up another potential flashpoint with businesses that worry the new body could complicate critical project developments and worsen state and federal duplication.
It is understood she will say that Labor will introduce draft EPA legislation in the first half of next year, and provide additional information about establishing environmental markets that would enable investors to pay land users to protect biodiversity. The government is likely to resist such a measure because of the challenges of specifying and measuring the direct environmental impact of emissions from a specific mine or venture.
It is understood she favours a model that relies on independent EPA officials making final decisions on whether to punish wrongdoers rather than the minister.
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