Terri's media releases in her work as Shadow Minister for the Environment and Water.
Environment and Water
Reef envoy confirms tens of thousands of reef jobs at risk from Morrison's climate inaction
14 August 2020
In a startling turn around from his last report the Morrison Government’s Reef Envoy, Warren Entsch, has confirmed his Government’s inadequate climate policies are focused on politics not the health and protection of the Great Barrier Reef, nor the 64,000 jobs and 6.4 billion dollars in income reliant on the Reef.
Deficient rules, poor enforcement and troubled governance: ACCC slams water market management
30 July 2020
TRANSCRIPT - RADIO 2CC
21 July 2020
SUBJECTS: EPBC Act Review Interim Report.
LEON DELANEY, HOST: Well, yesterday the much anticipated interim report of the Graeme Samuel review of Australia's environmental laws was released. Yesterday I spoke with Kelly O'Shanassy, the CEO of the Australian Conservation Foundation. The interim report finds that our protection, our environmental protection laws are outdated, inefficient and too weak. One of the key recommendations of the report is that there should be an independent watchdog body set up. That seems to be a recommendation that the federal government has already rejected. Joining me now the Shadow Environment Minister Terri Butler. Good afternoon.
TRANSCRIPT - PRESS CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
20 July 2020
Well, we're here today because there has been some revelations that the government has had some massive failures both in relation to both the environment and jobs. The fact is Australia is in a jobs crisis and we're in an environment crisis and the Morrison Government is failing Australians when it comes to both. We now have a situation where, under this government, we've seen 40% of the environment department funding cut, and we've seen revelations recently that this has meant things like 510% increase in delays in environmental approvals. A situation wherein in the 2018-19 financial year, 95% of key environmental decisions were being made late. These things are a real problem. They are a problem for the environment and they're a problem for jobs. When we're in an environmental crisis and a jobs crisis, we need a government that will act on both, but instead we have a government that is failing in relation to both.
510% increase confirms Morrison is a JobDelayer
20 July 2020
Statement on Samuel EPBC Review Interim Report
20 July 2020
Coalition deniers at it again
15 July 2020