The conservative commentator Alan Jones has fronted a current TV ad critical of plans to change federal environmental laws. The Abbott government’s ‘lawfare’ changes are designed to allow only people directly affected by development proposals to comment on them,but Jones is highly critical. ‘I may live nowhere near the Liverpool Plains or the mighty Barrier Reef but I sure as hell am concerned that they are protected,’ he says. The anti-coal seam gas Lock the Gate alliance has been assisting with funding to get the ad airedContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com