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

The Deputy Leader of the Opposition was the environment minister for a time. Many people don't remember that, but she was, and when Professor Graeme Samuel presented the previous government with his review of John Howard's broken environmental laws it was the Deputy Leader of the Opposition who made a strong case that our laws did indeed need reforming.

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