Noting the Government’s current ‘climate first’ approach, and in order to reinforce these mutual dependencies and solutions between nature and climate, the Government should also formally adopt a ‘nature-second’ approach in the Strategy.
ALCA encourages the Western Australian Government not to introduce a Fee for Objections given the obstruction to the pursuit of the public interest it would create,
ALCA encourages the Queensland Government to provide an exemption from land tax for land with a conservation covenant.
The SA Government has an opportunity to strengthen the Landscape SA Act, especially the framing of the Objects of the Act.
The NSW Government has an opportunity to strengthen the net zero target and nature-related principles in the Bill.
The Government’s carbon market procurement efforts should be delivered to maximise public value, with the cost of abatement as a subset consideration.
