Spokesperson Penny Sharpe says current system has ‘no red lines’ and party will deliver changes within first 18 months of government
She called this a “tricky area”, particularly in western and south-west Sydney where ecosystems such as Cumberland Plain woodland had been over-cleared to the point they were critically endangered and there was continued development pressure.
“Out south-west it’s a challenge. But it worries me if things are already reserved. It would have to be extraordinary circumstances where you look at doing that again,” she said.The environment minister, James Griffin, said the government had made changes to the scheme over the past 15 months to make it more transparent, easier to participate in and to stimulate the “supply of efficiently priced biodiversity credits”.
Griffin said the review was “an opportunity to consider if the legislative settings for the scheme remain appropriate”. She said that must include strict like-for-like offsetting requirements, meaning cleared habitat is only offset with actions that benefit the same ecosystem.
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