Tag: National Interest Exemptions
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Ken Henry: Labor’s Nature Laws Need Tighter National Interest Exemptions to Count
Ken Henry warns that Labor’s nature laws could fail without stricter exemptions Former Australian Treasury secretary Ken Henry has delivered a pointed critique of the Albanese government’s effort to reform environmental protection through new nature laws. Speaking amid ongoing debate over how to balance development with conservation, Henry argued that the reforms risk becoming ineffective…
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Ken Henry: Labor’s nature laws risk collapse without tighter national-interest exemptions
Ken Henry’s warning: a critical test for Labor’s nature laws Former Treasury secretary Ken Henry has mounted a pointed critique of the Albanese government’s latest push to regulate nature and environmental protections. His central claim is simple but potent: the proposed nature laws are likely to be ineffective unless the government tightens the “national interest”…