David Leyonhjelm (NSW, Liberal Democratic Party) Share this | Hansard source

COAG has previously agreed to explore adopting trusted international standards or risk assessment processes and the committee supports this approach, particularly using a risk matrix based on international standards, with capacity to incorporate general and specific risks.

The committee found that environmental red tape heightens the potential for activists to challenge assessments and approvals, thereby imposing significant burdens on project proponents and job-destroying, economy-stalling roadblocks to developments. Efforts to sabotage the development of the Adani Carmichael mine in Central Queensland by environmental activists are a prominent example of this.