Enshrine Nature Protection in Law

• Revitalise the EPBC Act as a matter of priority.

• Include a Climate Trigger in the Act to ensure new projects are assessed for their climate impact.

• Take a holistic, integrated approach to climate, environment, and energy policy.
  
  

  National environmental law should connect directly to other climate frameworks—like the Paris Agreement, the Safeguard Mechanism, and the Climate Change Act.

• Create a national Environment Protection Agency with the legal powers to pull the climate trigger and enforce penalties.

• Require climate and environment impact assessments for all new major projects

Stop Destruction of our Habitat

• Impose a moratorium on seismic blasting, which damages marine life and ecosystems.

• End native forest logging nationwide, close legal loopholes and support replacement industries to help the workforce to achieve a just transition to sustainable jobs.

Climate, nature, and clean energy go hand in hand. Kath’s plan ensures environmental laws work, damage is prevented—not patched up—and nature is given the legal protection it deserves.

We must take stronger action to protect our environment and secure a sustainable future. Kath's plan includes revitalising the EPBC Act, introducing a "Climate Trigger," and ensuring climate and environmental impacts are considered in all new projects. Establishing a national Environment Protection Agency with enforcement powers is key.

Environment & Nature