Australia's reworked environmental laws will not include a climate trigger, the federal environment minister has confirmed.

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Murray Watt hardened his opposition to the possible assessment of climate harms under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act when pressed by senators on Tuesday.

A request of several environmental groups and the Greens, Senator Watt has previously indicated a climate trigger would be unlikely but a final decision had not been made.

Responding to questions from fellow senators on Tuesday, the environment minister said he was "happy to rule it out", going on to define a trigger as "adding som

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