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flag Australia’s major environmental overhaul passes House, now heads to Senate for review amid partisan debate.

flag Labor’s sweeping environmental reforms, a nearly 1,500-page overhaul of Australia’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, passed the House of Representatives but now face a critical Senate hurdle. flag The bill aims to create an independent Environmental Protection Agency with enforcement powers, including stop-work orders and audits, while streamlining project approvals and reducing duplication across jurisdictions. flag Despite support from industry groups like the Minerals Council of Australia, who praised it as a win for development, the Greens oppose the legislation, calling it inadequate for environmental protection and biased toward mining interests. flag Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young vowed to thoroughly scrutinize the bill in a Senate inquiry expected to conclude in March. flag Environment Minister Murray Watt urged both opposition parties to cooperate, stressing the need to avoid further delays to the government’s environmental agenda.

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