Labor strikes deal with Greens to pass long-awaited overhaul of nature protection laws

<p>The deal to re-write the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act marks an end to a five-year struggle to fix the broken system</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/nov/27/australia-politics-live-barnaby-joyce-one-nation-pauline-hanson-environment-nature-bill-deal-coalition-greens-murray-watt-question-time-anthony-albanese-sussan-ley-ntwnfb"><strong>Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</strong></a></p></li><li><p><strong>Get our </strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl"><strong>breaking news email</strong></a><strong>, </strong><a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3"><strong>free app</strong></a><strong> or </strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl"><strong>daily news podcast</strong></a></p></li></ul><p>Labor has struck a deal with the Greens to overhaul federal environmental protection laws on parliament’s final sitting day of the year, ending a five-year struggle to deliver on Graeme Samuel’s blueprint to fix the broken system.</p><p>The Greens have agreed to support Labor’s re-write of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act after securing further concessions from the government amid tense and prolonged negotiations.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/27/labor-strikes-deal-with-greens-to-pass-long-awaited-overhaul-of-nature-protection-laws">Continue reading...</a>

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