Senator Murray Watt

BREAKING: Barnaby Joyce says One Nation would demand the Liberals “get rid of the Department of Climate Change” as a condition of supporting them to form government. With the Liberals unable to form government without One Nation, if you vote Liberal, this is what you’d get.

The revised Standard is open for feedback until 11:59pm on Friday, 29 May 2026. Feedback can be provided via the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water’s online consultation hub.

The Standards will support the new National Environmental Protection Agency and proponents to work to a consistent set of rules, speeding up approvals, while also delivering better outcomes for the environment.

The MNES Standard is a key step towards delivering stronger environmental protections and will set clear and enforceable expectations around impacts to our most precious species, habitats and heritage places.

Our historic reforms to Australia’s national environment laws take another step forward today, with the opening of the second round of consultation on a new set of National Environmental Standards.

The revised National Environmental Standard for Matters of National Environmental Significance (MNES), released today, responds to feedback from over 400 submissions made during the first round of public consultation, earlier this year.

One Nation - for billionaires, not battlers.

All agreements will be subject to strong National Environmental Standards and assured by the new National Environment Protection Agency. We’ve signed a MOU with Western Australian to reach an agreement this year - with more to follow!

This funding will see us enter agreements to allow States and Territories to complete State AND Fed environmental assessments and approvals at the same time, rather than each government having to do it separately. Removing duplication & cutting significant delays in the process.

Australia needs more housing, energy and minerals projects now, and our reforms to the EPBC Act mean we can get moving.

We’re putting up $45 million to work with States and Territories to speed up environmental assessments and approvals. news.com.au/finance/busine…

If One Nation wins the Farrer by-election, it will be because the Coalition is preferencing them. A vote for one of them is a vote for both of them.

BREAKING: The Albanese Labor Government has secured another 100 million litres of diesel for Australia. 50 million litres of that, or 300,000 barrels, is heading straight to Queensland communities.

Man who voted against fast tracking projects complains that laws he opposed haven’t started yet.

In fact, if Crisafulli wanted more than a photo op and flashy headline, he could fast track this project right now under the existing Federal-Queensland bilateral agreement. Yet again, it’s all talk, no action from the Queensland Premier.

We have repeatedly said we’re open to anything that delivers sovereign capacity and fuel security, if it stacks up.

Two weeks after David Crisafulli’s “big announcement” on the potential Taroom Trough oil and gas development, he still hasn’t put forward a single thing for us to consider. I’ve now written to him, seeking basic information.

While they were busy knifing their leader and chasing One Nation, our government was passing laws that will significantly speed up energy, housing and critical minerals projects. Fantastic, great move. Well done Angus.

To make matters worse, they then voted against every fast track measure that was part of our historic reforms to the EPBC Act last year.

Once again Angus Taylor is talking absolute garbage about fast tracking projects, this time in WA. Taylor and the Liberals had ten years to overhaul the EPBC Act to fast track project approvals, but instead oversaw the closure of four fuel refineries.