Fixing Australia's "arse-backwards" environment laws
Follow The Money15 Loka 2025

Fixing Australia's "arse-backwards" environment laws

Environment laws that don’t stop new gas and coal are like putting screen doors on a submarine.

On this episode of Follow the Money, Leanne Minshull and Ebony Bennett discuss the Federal Government’s efforts to push through changes to Australia’s busted environment laws with the support of the Coalition.

Dead Centre: How political pragmatism is killing us by Richard Denniss is available now via Australia Institute Press.

Guest: Leanne Minshull, co-CEO, the Australia Institute // @leanneminshull

Host: Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director, the Australia Institute // @ebonybennett

Show notes:

This shocking deal is a gross betrayal of millions of voters by Ebony Bennett, The Canberra Times (October 2025)

Top Australian scientists unite in defence of science on Maugean skate, the Australia Institute

No delay, no excuses, no carbon offsets: Submission to the NSW Koala Strategy Review by Adam Gottschalk and Polly Hemming, the Australia Institute (May 2024)

Save Tuvalu, Save the World, the Australia Institute

Theme music: Pulse and Thrum; additional music by Blue Dot Sessions

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