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

As I've said every time I have been asked about a specific determination under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, if I predetermine something that is potentially litigated before me as a decision-maker, that ends us up in court—just as when the Leader of the Opposition, last week, said that he had already made a decision about a Western Australian project the resources industry in Western Australia blanched. They went white because they were so worried about the prejudgement of a potential decision and the fact that they would end up in court, as they have in two specific court cases that the Minister for Resources is dealing with right now. (Time expired)

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