By Amy Remeikis
Labor abandons Kyoto credits and highlights vehicle emissions in climate policy, as budget and election loom. All the day’s events, live
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You are going to hear a lot about Queensland’s land clearing laws in the next few weeks – because that is essentially what Labor is talking about, when it says its an area it wants to tackle.
So, in a nutshell, what are they?
The rate of excessive tree clearing in Queensland has skyrocketed, reaching an alarming rate of 395,000 hectares in 2015-16, according to the annual deforestation report released today.
The 2015-16 Statewide Landcover and Trees Study (SLATS) also showed the rate of tree-clearing in the Great Barrier Reef catchments had soared by almost 50 per cent since 2012-2013.”
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Senator Tim Storer has released a proposed integrity package in the last sitting week of parliament. Storer is up for re-election and although he came in on the Nick Xenophon/Centre Alliance ticket he has since gone independent, a tough path to re-election, meaning this week is likely to be his last.
I’ve done some poking around and while the proposal – which will come before the Senate in the form of a motion – has some support on the crossbench, there are a few planks that go too far for Labor. Those include the proposed overhaul of lobbyist rules, binding standards for parliamentarians expected to mirror the ministerial standards and a parliamentary integrity commissioner.
Source: Coalition begins ‘carbon tax’ assault on Labor climate policy – politics live
