Politics of environment compromise works for Watt, but not for us

“No one will get everything they want” toned Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt explains upcoming bill to change the law Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC) reflects both the transactional character of the Albanian government and the false dichotomy that has always infected mining and environmental protection policies in this country.

The policy aligns Labor with the grassroots (and below it) and positions it as an honest broker, mediating between the “taste, baby, drill” ethos of the Neanderthal Coalition and the frenetic greenery of the Greens.