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Conservation groups storm out of consultations over land-clearing law
2016-02-19 00:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Conservation groups have stormed out of consultations with the NSW government over an overhaul of land-clearing laws they say have been a sham and will fast-track bushland destruction in the state. The move could reignite one the biggest environmental battles in New South Wales in recent years. The Baird government is in the final stages of scrapping the Native Vegetation Act, which prevents the broadscale clearing of native vegetation by demanding that farmers improve or maintain the environmental...
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