Australian environment laws set for biggest overhaul in decades

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the laws were a win for nature and business and would speed up major projects linked to housing, renewable energy and critical minerals.
61% : The government said the reforms would protect the environment for future generations and speed up projects in "key areas of national priority like housing, renewable energy and critical minerals".
52% : Instead, a project must report its carbon emissions and provide plans on how they plan to reduce those to net zero by 2050.
32% : Greens leader Senator Larissa Waters said her party had negotiated significant wins but criticised the government for not including a so-called "climate trigger" that could stop fossil fuel projects based on carbon emissions.

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