Liberal senator Maria Kovacic (who can not be enjoying the party at the moment) was asked what the Liberals wanted the environment laws to do on Sky News – it’s the usual, even less regulation and more benefits for industry:

We have those concerns that are outlined, as an example we have concerns in relation to the proposed EPA and what its powers and accountability look like. This is a new authority, so there is, you know, nothing to sort of suggest what it’s actually going to do. And I think it’s not unreasonable for us to want to have an understanding of that. In particular, given that it appears that there is no Ministerial oversight and there probably should be. You know, there are issues with definitions of particular terms like net gains and unacceptable impacts. Again, not an issue with those as they stand. But what do they actually mean? This is a 1,500-page piece of legislation. There is a lot of detail in this and it’s right for us to ask questions about it. And in what is pretty much a trademark of this government, they are looking to ram that through in the final sitting week of the year.