Evil Greenies terrorizing Australia

[Juliar]

The evil anti-Australian Greenies are the coalition partner for Labor and they are essentially an extension of the United Nations One World Socialist "Govt" in a Sustainable World as defined by AGENDA 2030.

The Greenies' UN role is to implement the UN AGENDA 2030 here in Australia and one of their goals is to STOP DEAD ANY DEVELOPMENT.

The sooner the evil Greenies are deregistered as a "political Party" the better.

One gets the feeling the Libs are setting up to slam dunk the evil Greeny NAZI PARTY and its FÜHRER Adolf Bushfires Bandicoot!!!!

And for BigP's benefit this article is from the Australian and is behind a PAYWALL.




Green ‘lawfare’ a $65bn deal hit to projects
DENNIS SHANAHAN 10:15PM MARCH 5, 2020


Anti-Adani demonstrators at the Brisbane Magistrates Court last month. Picture: AAP

Green activists are using a back door on environmental laws to delay an estimated $65bn in projects­ ranging from dams to a salmon farm, with “lawfare” forcing companies into court for more than 10,000 days in total since 2000.

Conservation and green groups have used 11 new legal claims in the past four years to tie up seven projects in regional areas, including the $16.5bn Adani coalmine in Queensland, a new $140m port on Melville Island­ in the Northern Territory, Victorian government forestry and the $30m Tassal salmon farm in Tasmania.

The 11 new cases of environmental groups using secondary legislation since 2016 have resulte­d in seven major projects being delayed in court for a total of 2600 days, as business investment in Australia drops to its lowest level since the 1990s.

According to analysis from the free-market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs, legal activism using the federal environmental protection act has put $65bn of investment at risk, with delays totalling more than 28 years in court.



The tactics of activist groups have delayed 28 projects between 2000 and 2019, with an estim­ated value of over $65bn.

The projects include six coal and iron ore mine projects, two dam construction projects, two dredging projects, forest and pest management, a tourism development, multiple road construction projects, the construction of a pulp mill, a desalination plant and a marine supply base.

After the election of the Morrison Coalition government, the Queensland Labor government fast-tracked final approval for the Adani coal project in the Galilee Basin, after a nine-year approval process and an extra 341 days in court after an Australian Conservation Foundation appeal started in 2016.


Former Greens leader Bob Brown. Picture: Nikki Davis-Jones

In 2017, a Bob Brown Found­ation challenge against a salmon farm in Tasmania, to protect the southern right whale, was dismissed after 237 days in court but an appeal meant another 349 days in court.

According to IPA research fellow Kurt Wallace: “A small group of green activists are using a special legal privilege to delay and disrupt $65bn of investment, which is disproportionately damaging regional Australia.”

He said the disruptive liti­gation from environmental groups using a section of the act allowing conservationists to take companies to court was not leading to substantial changes in ­environmental controls on the projects. “Disruptive lawfare has not led to environmental improvements,’’ Mr Wallace said.

“Of the cases under section 487, 94 per cent have failed to bring about a substantial change to the original project which had been approved by the commonwealth Environment Minister.

“Section 487 has allowed the courts to be used as a strategic tool for environmental activism.


Wilderness Society members and supporters protest against Norweigan giant Equinor’s bid to drill in the Great Australian Bight. Equinor ultimately decided not to proceed. Picture: Wilderness Society

“Green groups, such as the Australian Conservation Found­ation and Wilderness Society, are using legal challenges to delay and disrupt major projects with the goal of restricting investment in the resources sector by raising costs and uncertainty.

“Repealing section 487 would be a massive shot in the arm for investment in regional Australia and create an enduring stimulus for the Australian economy. (It) will not diminish the legal avenues available to farmers and private land owners who wish to take legal action against a mining project that could adversely affect their interests.’’


Matthew Canavan
Disappointing news today. Equinor has announced that it won't be drilling for oil in the Bight. We desperately need to improve our oil security. This century our oil production has fallen off a cliff. We used to be self sufficient but now we rely heavily on imported oil.

Former resources minister Matt Canavan said activists were exploiting environmental laws merely to delay projects.

“Every day that major projects are held up is another day that a desperate Australian family doesn’t have a job,’’ Senator Canavan said.

“Our environmental laws act as a big yellow light slowing everybody and everything down.

“We need laws that focus on protecting major environmental issues, not being an alternative avenue­ for radical green activists to pursue a political agenda.”

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[sprintcyclist]

Thanks, good posting

[Juliar]

Greeny agenda, cripple business, destroy the economy, impoverish the nation, empower a world government, thereby destroying our borders and our way of life.

Act now to stop the shutdown of our country by green activists!
Make frivolous and unsubstantiated claims illegal!

Time to severely limit the greedy activity of legal parasites using and promoting class actions. The ability to launch class actions must require direct financial input from all participants of at least $25,000. Funding of any legal action from overseas must be made illegal.

Just shows what power the Greens have been able to gain, primarily on the ABC and in the media so everyone including the Government are running scared. The Greens represent no more than 10% of the population and yet they are holding the majority to ransom and getting away with it.



Green lawfare putting billions more at risk
DENNIS SHANAHAN 2:09PM MARCH 7, 2020


Resources Minister Keith Pitt. Picture: AAP

Billions of dollars of new investments could be derailed by green activist lawfare, which has so far delayed projects worth $65bn, ­federal ­Resources Minister Keith Pitt says.

He said he would support any move to stop green groups using endless legal claims to delay ­projects. “People in regional areas are sick of seeing significant, job-­creating resources projects constantly delayed by court action launched by activists with no ­connection to their area,” he told The Weekend Australian.

“I will support any move that will stop activists using courts in continuous lawfare against companies that have already passed all state and federal environmental requirements.

“It’s clear that courts are being used to try and cripple companies behind some major projects.”

Mr Pitt was responding to a ­report showing conservation and green groups had used 11 new legal claims in the past four years to tie up seven projects in regional areas, including the $16.5bn Adani ­coalmine in Queensland, a $140m port on Melville Island in the Northern Territory, state government ­forestry schemes in Victoria and a $30m Tassal salmon farm in ­Tasmania.

The new legal claims have ­resulted in the projects being ­delayed for a total of 2600 days at a time when business investment is at its lowest level since the 1990s.

The level of business investment was already a major concern for the Morrison government ­before the summer bushfires and the coronavirus outbreak.

Investors looking at new projects have expressed their concern about the extra costs and delays ­imposed by legal action by green activists.

After the election of the Morrison government, the Queensland Labor government fast-tracked final approval for the Adani coal project in the Galilee Basin.

This followed a nine-year ­approval process and an ­additional 341 days in court triggered by an Australian Conservation Foundation appeal launched in 2016.

Environment Minister Sussan Ley said the estimated average ­approval time for a major project referred under the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act was 3½ years.

Cutting approval times could save business more than $300m a year and ensure greater protection for the environment, she said.

“The lawfare that is such a part of today’s environmental landscape can be crippling to ­business as well as to environmental organisations.

“In the past four years, 1401 days have been spent on court cases over ­applications, ­including before the Federal Court and even the High Court,” Ms Ley said.

According to analysis from the free-market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs, legal activism using the federal environ­mental protection act has put $65bn of investment at risk, with court delays exceeding 28 years.

IPA research fellow Kurt Wallace said disruptive litigation from environmental groups using a ­section of the act allowing con­servationists to take companies to court was not leading to sub­stantial changes in environmental controls. “Of the cases under section 487 since 2016, 94 per cent have failed to bring about a ­substantial change to the original project which had been ­approved by the commonwealth environment minister,’’ Mr Wallace said.

The projects include six mine projects, two dams, two dredging projects, forestry and pest manage-ment, a tourism development, multiple road projects, the construction of a pulp mill, a ­desalination plant and a marine supply base.

“Adequate environmental protection can be provided without causing unnecessary delays to companies investing billions of dollars in Australia and I look forward to the outcome of a review of the act,” Mr Pitt said.

“I’m encouraged by the fact that Environment Minister Sussan Ley has highlighted issue of lawfare.”

Ms Ley ordered an ­independent review of the ­environmental laws to be completed by the end of this year.

”All sides of the environmental ­debate concede that the ­complexities of the act are leading to unnecessary delays in reaching decisions and to an ­increased focus on process rather than outcomes,” she said.


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[Juliar]

It used to be majority rules now it's vocal minority ( thanks to some government funded media) who hold the trump card. About time we cut the BS and get on with these projects.

We don't need to be concerned about what climate change will do to Australia, we have Greens,Environmentalists, Extinction Rebellion and politicians such as Zali Steggle, Sarah Hanson Young , Sharkie, Adam Bandt and others doing great damage to our economic survival.
Conservatives must push back against this madness.

Why is it that a tiny group of activists routinely have their way at the expense of the community....another example of the smartest people in the room %$%^^&&&* every thing up.

Bill has the real solution. revoke the whole of the federal EPBC Act.



Cut green lawfare to lift growth, jobs, investment
EDITORIAL 12:00AM MARCH 9, 2020


Is Greeny evil worse than the Corona Virus ?

The news that a small coterie of green activists has used environmental laws to delay 28 projects worth $65bn ­ demands effective action by the Morrison government.

The investments include mines, dams, roads, a tourist development, a natural gas project, a salmon farm and landclearing.

On Friday and Saturday, political editor Dennis Shanahan revealed companies trying to invest billions of dollars have been forced into court for a total of more than 10,000 days (almost 28 years) since 2000.

At a time when business investment has dropped to its lowest level since the 1990s and Australia is in danger of a recession as a result of the coronavirus, green lawfare is undermining GDP and jobs, especially in regional Australia.

The current review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 led by former Australian Competition & Consumer Commission chairman Graeme Samuel should be an important catalyst for reform. Environment Minister Sussan Ley launched it last year to tackle green tape and provide greater certainty to business, farmers and conservation groups.

Investors and regional leaders, frustrated by green groups tying up projects in litigation, should not miss the chance to speak up. Submissions are due by April 17. Mr Samuel will present a draft report in June and his final report in October.

The review covers the EPBC Act as a whole. But last week, free-market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs showed that section 487 of that act is especially problematic. It is used by activists, thousands of kilometres from projects, to delay them for as long as possible.

The Abbott government passed an amendment to repeal section 487 in the lower house in 2015. But the Senate blocked the reform.

The Morrison government, committed to cutting red tape to boost growth, should revisit the issue. ­Resources Minister Keith Pitt is eager for reform, noting people in regional areas are sick of seeing significant projects delayed by court action by activists with no ­connection to their area.

Senate crossbenchers such as Centre Alliance and One Nation should be persuaded, in the interests of their supporters. Submissions to the Samuel inquiry would be a useful impetus for reform.

As Shanahan reported, the IPA found that the vast majority of lawfare under section 487 inflicted long delays but did not result in substantial changes in environmental controls.

Of cases under section 487 since 2016, 94 per cent have failed to bring about a ­substantial change to original projects as ­approved by the federal environment minister. Groups that have used the section include the Australian Conservation Foundation, Friends of Leadbeaters Possum, the Bob Brown Foundation and the Wilderness Society.

The Adani coal project in Queensland’s Galilee Basin finally got the green light from the state following Labor’s abysmal showing in last year’s federal election. But the company’s nine-year battle, including 341 days in court courtesy of an Australian Conservation Foundation appeal in 2016, damaged Australia’s sovereign risk profile among overseas investors.

Repealing section 487 would not diminish the legal options open to private landowners and others with direct interests in projects that could adversely affect their interests. But by barring ideologically driven green lawfare by activists, such reform would provide an enduring economic stimulus, especially in the regions where unemployment is a problem.

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