Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

This legislation will not be reintroduced. I think you would have seen the Prime Minister's views on that. We are committed, obviously, to law reform, which I would point out was the in Samuel review initiated by the former Liberal government, because business and environment groups agree that the current act is outdated and needs reform. Unfortunately, your side of politics and other parts of this chamber are very obstructionist. What we do want is to see greater consensus across business, NGOs and states to ensure that we can deliver laws which deliver faster project approvals and better environmental protection, and that is certainly the view of the government and the approach we will be taking.