Michael McCormack (Riverina, National Party, Shadow Minister for International Development and the Pacific) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Environment and Water, who has federal responsibility for environment and water, just to be clear. I refer to the minister's question time statement last week, and I quote:

… we're not proposing any takeover of state laws any duplication of state laws. We're not proposing of duplication of state laws. Heritage protection will predominantly remain a matter for states and territories.

Given the Western Australian government is set to scrap its cultural heritage laws, will the federal minister rule out federal mandatory national standards that require cultural surveys for farmers on their private property?

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