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•Western Australia is tearing up environmental protections – and taking a bet the rest of the country won’t notice | Carmen Lawrence
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Carmen Lawrence says WA has taken control of environmental policies ahead of federal and state elections.
WA Labor is taking a bet that WA voters won't care and that the rest of the country won't notice.
WA is already the only state in the country where emissions continue to increase, but it’s also the only.
state with no targets to reduce them or replace them with renewable energy.
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-11/drought-breaking-storms-flood-nullarbor-pastoral-station/103572824https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-02/wa-climate-change-likely-shelved-as-state-election-looms/104414970https://www.watoday.com.au/politics/western-australia/wa-labor-mp-continues-attack-on-his-own-government-s-enviro-reforms-20240912-p5ka7k.htmlhttps://www.watoday.com.au/politics/western-australia/wa-s-environment-watchdog-stripped-of-power-to-assess-big-polluting-projects-20241015-p5kik3.htmlhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-22/wa-balladonia-bushfire-closed-eyre-highway-sa/103498586https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/i-think-they-got-the-message-cook-backs-in-watered-down-environment-laws-after-pm-s-visit-20240905-p5k854.htmlhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-20/wa-new-environmental-protection-laws-/104479996
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