The EPBC Act Is Up For Review Again. A Few Tweaks Could Make It Much Better

There is a lot of noise about environmental approvals and upcoming reforms:

• Commonwealth Environment Minister, Senator the Hon. Murray Watt has announced that there will be amendments to the EPBC Act;
• the Productivity Commission has recently released two interim reports as part of their "5 Pillars" review, "Creating a more dynamic and resilient economy" and "Investing in cheaper, cleaner energy and the net zero transformation". Both reports put Federal environmental law reform forward as a necessary part of increasing productivity;