Labor’s own environment action network laments delay of EPA legislation, stating ‘terrible loss’ would allow illegal logging to continue
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Plans for a federal environment protection agency have been shelved indefinitely after Anthony Albanese intervened to quell a pre-election backlash in Western Australia.
The prime minister has confirmed laws to establish the EPA and a separate information-gathering body won’t be debated this term, dashing the hopes of green groups and Labor backbenchers who wanted them passed.
