George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Waters, what we are going to do is that we are going to have laws that work properly that respect the interests of all relevant stakeholders. The provision of the EPBC Act which I have particularly in mind, Senator Waters, section 487(2), gives standing to anybody who answers this description: an individual who is an Australian citizen or an ordinary resident in Australia who at any time in the two years immediately before the relevant decision 'has engaged in a series of activities in Australia or an external territory for protection or conservation of, or research into, the environment'.