The Labor opposition, conservationists and Indigenous groups have expressed shock at the move
Leaked documents show Northern Territory chief minister Lia Finocchiaro plans to introduce sweeping new powers to exempt major projects from environmental assessments.Leaked documents show Northern Territory chief minister Lia Finocchiaro plans to introduce sweeping new powers to exempt major projects from environmental assessments.
The document says under new powers, a minister could also issue “exemption notices” on significant projects, allowing them to be exempt from some regulations.The government also wants to designate “projects of significance” that would “enable the TC to effectively expedite industry and economic development,” the document said.
Conservationists and Indigenous groups expressed shock at the move and feared the new powers could be used to push throughThe opposition leader, Labor’s Selena Uibo, said Finocchiaro was “breaking her pre-election promise to Territorians to be open and transparent.”The executive director of Environment Centre NT, Kirsty Howey, said the powers outlined in the document were a “terrifying new development”.
The document, which is not public, says a consultation period on the new powers ends on 1 November. Howey said the CLP could use its majority to push through the new laws as early as late November, when the parliament is due to sit for three days.
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