The government’s idea of ‘national environment standards’ would entrench Australia's global pariah status
- Written by Martine Maron, ARC Future Fellow and Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland
A growing global push to halt biodiversity decline, most recently agreed at the G7 on Sunday, leaves Australia out in the cold as the federal government walks away from critical reforms needed to protect threatened species.
The centrepiece recommendation in a landmark independent review of Australia’s national environment law was to establish...
