Concern is growing among business and conservation groups that the timeline for the Albanese government’s push to reform environmental protection laws has blown out to mid-2024, setting it up as a potential election issue.
Matt Canavan says farmers have been "blindsided" by new laws around Aboriginal cultural heritage protection in Western Australia as the Albanese government refuses to rule out legislation to overrule the regime.
Federal politicians are weighing up options for a revised national cultural heritage framework that could render Western Australia s under-fire cultural heritage Act obsolete.