Senate debates

Thursday, 16 May 2013

Bills

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment Bill 2013; Second Reading

4:03 pm

Photo of Bridget McKenzieBridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

Minister Burke brought it on. Clearly, we will be backing regional communities, as we always do. I have appreciated the opportunity to highlight once again this government's inept handling of the legislative process—the rushed and reckless approach to regulation as they conspire against the national interest and our institutions, and against their own stated objectives with respect to environmental legislation, in an effort to maintain their hold on power, hand in hand with their most complicit allies, Windsor and the Greens.

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