Labor trying to strike a deal in a bid to get an overhaul of environment laws through parliament. Photo: Lisa Martin/AAP PHOTOS

Wary Labor backbenchers have urged Environment Minister Murray Watt to stay the course on contentious nature reforms and not give too much ground to business or activist groups.

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Senator Watt is trying to strike a deal with either the opposition or the Greens in a bid to get the overhaul of Australia's environment laws through parliament.

Murray Watt hopes to have Labor's environmental law reforms passed before the end of the year. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

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