Josh Frydenberg was “keen to see [if] he can accommodate Angus Taylor’s requests” when he was environment minister and asked his department for “a how to” guide on changing the laws designed to protect critically endangered native grasslands from clearing, new documents suggest. The new documents, obtained under freedom of information, include a handwritten note by a senior bureaucrat recording a conversation with a staffer in the minister’s office. Timeline Angus Taylor grasslands saga Show Hide Former environment minister Greg Hunt declares Southern Highlands temperate native grasslands critically endangered. Grasslands compliance action is allegedly raised in parliament (no record of this in Hansard for the House or Senate). More contact from the environment minister’s office on the Jam Land compliance action.

Source: The Guardian December 19, 2019 16:52 UTC