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Senators

Over the line on native forests

The bill

The Nature Positive (Environment Protection Australia) Bill 2024 aims to reform Australia’s environment laws and establish a federal Environmental Protection Authority (EPA).

However, it falls short of adequately protecting threatened species, addressing the climate crisis, and safeguarding native forests and woodlands from logging.

Its flaws

  • It keeps exemptions for native forest logging through Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs), allowing states to log without considering threatened species.
  • It lacks a crucial climate trigger in the EPBC Act, making it inadequate to protect the environment and address climate change.
  • It would only allow a Federal EPA to administer existing flawed nature laws.

Your action

The bill is heading to the Senate for debate, offering a chance to push for stronger reforms. 

Contact your senators today and urge them to demand they support amendments to remove the exemption for native forest logging from national environmental laws. 

Australia must follow New Zealand’s lead in ending native forest logging! 

Vote Forests

Senators we are targeting to get over the line

  • We are asking these senators to:

End native forest and woodland logging

Follow New Zealand's example by stopping native forest and woodland logging in Australia, as they did in 2002.

  • Senator
  • Anne
  • Urquhart
  • Labor
  • Senator
  • Anthony
  • Chisholm
  • Labor
  • Senator
  • Carol
  • Brown
  • Labor
  • Senator
  • Catryna
  • Bilyk
  • Labor
  • Senator
  • David
  • Van
  • Independent
  • Senator
  • Deborah
  • O’Neill
  • Labor
  • Senator
  • Don
  • Farrell
  • Labor
  • Senator
  • Fatima
  • Payman
  • Independent
  • Senator
  • Gerard
  • Rennick
  • Independent
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Vote Forests

Who we are targeting to hold the line

  • We are asking these senators to:

End special treatment for native forest logging

Oppose the EPA Bill unless it removes the exemption that allows native forest logging to bypass national environmental protection laws. 

  • MP
  • Adam
  • Bandt
  • Greens
  • Senator
  • Barbara
  • Pocock
  • Greens
  • Senator
  • David
  • Pocock
  • Independent
  • Senator
  • David
  • Shoebridge
  • Greens
  • Senator
  • Dorinda
  • Cox
  • Greens
  • MP
  • Elizabeth
  • Watson-Brown
  • Greens
  • Senator
  • Jordon
  • Steele-John
  • Greens
  • Senator
  • Larissa
  • Waters
  • Greens
  • Senator
  • Lidia
  • Thorpe
  • Independent
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The bill

The Nature Positive (Environment Protection Australia) Bill 2024 aims to reform Australia’s environment laws and establish a federal Environmental Protection Authority (EPA).

However, it falls short of adequately protecting threatened species, addressing the climate crisis, and safeguarding native forests and woodlands from logging.

Its flaws

  • It keeps exemptions for native forest logging through Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs), allowing states to log without considering threatened species.
  • It lacks a crucial climate trigger in the EPBC Act, making it inadequate to protect the environment and address climate change.
  • It would only allow a Federal EPA to administer existing flawed nature laws.

Your action

The bill is heading to the Senate for debate, offering a chance to push for stronger reforms. 

Contact your senators today and urge them to demand they support amendments to remove the exemption for native forest logging from national environmental laws. 

Australia must follow New Zealand’s lead in ending native forest logging! 

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