Tanya Plibersek (Sydney, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Environment and Water) Share this | Hansard source

It'll fund the Environmental Defenders Office for the first time in nine years and clean up our urban rivers and waterways.

Of course, we've only been in government for a few months now, but in that time we've already seen the difference that a government committed to the environment can make. We've legislated a more ambitious emissions reduction target with a clear path to net zero. We are rewriting our environmental laws to better protect the environment but also to give business faster, clearer decision-making. We're establishing a new Environmental Protection Agency, a tough cop on the beat. We're determined to prevent new extinctions. We're protecting our most precious environments by expanding the amount of land and ocean under protection to 30 per cent by 2030. We've signed the Leaders Pledge for Nature. We've released the State of the environment report, something kept secret by those opposite. We're establishing a new nature repair market to reward farmers and other landholders for their work in restoring and protecting nature. We're working with the states and territories to improve our waste management and build a more circular economy, including getting rid of problem plastics.

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