Environment Minister Sussan Ley today warned industries responsible for wastes of concern that they will be subject to mandatory stewardship schemes if they don't take voluntary action.
A new EPBC Bill will allow for the "legally robust devolution of environmental approvals to the states and territories", Environment Minister Sussan Ley told Parliament today.
Rio Tinto, Woodside and Gina Rinehart's Roy Hill iron ore mining company have told a Senate inquiry that protecting Indigenous cultural heritage should remain primarily a matter for the states.
Environment Minister Sussan Ley today gazetted plans to develop new EPBC Act bilateral agreements with all states and territories encompassing both assessments and approvals.
A federal parliamentary inquiry into Rio Tinto's destruction of Juukan Gorge has prompted calls to make potential impacts on Indigenous cultural heritage a trigger for EPBC Act referral.
Labor has criticised the Morrison government for not attempting to claw back $8 million that Caltex received through a "technical loophole" in a used oil stewardship scheme.