Bob Brown (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Did they agree with the proposal in relation to everything, or was there some point of concern or disagreement? That is the whole question that Senator Milne asked, and that is what we have a right to be informed about. Senator Colbeck might tell us about that. In not unexpectedly professing Labor’s support for the legislation, Senator O’Brien claimed that the EPBC Act in part covers the matters at hand here. I ask that minister—and I invite Senator O’Brien to contribute—which parts of the EPBC Act, the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, cover activities, including granting of exploration licences, that are involved in this legislation and which parts of the EPBC do not. If the minister cannot answer that, Senator O’Brien obviously does know about it and would be able to answer it.