Unveiling the “State of the Environment” report for 2021 at the National Press Club, Labor Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek announced that “our Government will set a national goal of protecting 30 per cent of our land and 30 per cent of our oceans by 2030”.
It was clear from the Minister’s address that she was not contemplating taking control of either indigenous lands or government-controlled state forests, national parks or marine parks.
While it was not made explicit in he…
