Environment Minister Murray Watt is aiming to deliver the largest reform of nature protection laws. Photo: Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS
KEY DETAILS OF NATURE PROTECTION REFORMS:
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* The bill is centred around three pillars: stronger environmental protections, more efficient assessments and approvals, and greater accountability
* Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water analysis found the reforms could inject between $500 million and $7 billion to the national economy
* It also found project approval times had blown out by 70 weeks in the 25 years since the EPBC Act w

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