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19 August 2015, Renew Economy, The six big lies in Tony Abbott’s attack on the environment. The Abbott government has revealed plans to repeal a section of Australia’s environment laws that allows green groups to challenge approvals for mining projects and other large developments in the courts. Federal Attorney-General George Brandis said the government would seek to repeal section 487 (2) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act and “return to the common law”, after it was used successfully by the Mackay Conservation Group to overturn the federal environment minister’s approval of the Carmichael mega-coal mine in Queensland’s Galilee Basin. The following is a run-down of the six big lies at the centre of the Coalition’s latest attack on the environment…Read More here