Tim Ayres (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Industry and Innovation) Share this | Hansard source

The enforcement proposal is simple. These companies are seeking the federal government's support. Proposals that align with those expectations will receive the support of the federal government. Proposals that don't align will not receive the support of the federal government. The expectations will work alongside existing state and territory legislation, where the majority, as I started to say in response to the first question, of planning approvals—that will require the states and territories meeting with the plan and adopting those principles themselves.

The discussions that we've had as we've consulted with them about this and what they have had to say publicly about this give me a lot of confidence that the states—there will not be a race to the bottom amongst the states and territories. They are backing those principles and backing those expectations.