Lisa Singh (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Attorney General) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Attorney-General, Senator Brandis. I refer to the government's proposed changes to the EPBC Act, which remove the rights of third parties to challenge environmental approval decisions in the courts. Is prime ministerial confidant and commentator Alan Jones correct in his assessment that, 'The latest move by the Abbott government puts at risk not just our environment but our very democracy'?