The law needs to do what it says on the label. (It needs to protect nature.) "You need to protect nature in order to live on this planet." #EPBC #auspol

"There is no reassurance that the RFA exemption will be removed." Brendan Sydes, ACF #auspol #EPBC

"We're in an extinction crisis. Every day matters. Every decision matters." Kelly O'Shanassy, ACF CEO #auspol #EPBC

"The offsets system is broken... the offsets themselves fundamentally don't work." #auspol #EPBC

(unlike certain extractive industries) "nature is not booming. Nature is in serious decline." David Ritter, Greenpeace CEO, #EPBC #auspol

On why devolving powers to states is a bad idea...

"State governments have approved clearly unacceptable projects (eg 3000-apartment complex on a Ramsar-listed wetland at Toondah Harbour) that the federal govt rejected." Kelly O'Shanassy, ACF CEO #auspol #EPBC

"It's difficult to donate money to a regulator. It's much easier to donate money to a political party." Kelly O'Shanassy, ACF CEO #auspol #EPBC

"The minister and the parliament should set the rules... then the regulator (EPA) should undertake the assessments and decisions." Kelly O'Shanassy, ACF CEO #auspol #EPBC

"Cumulative impacts are absent from the proposed standards." Brendan Sydes, ACF #auspol #EPBC

"Scope 3 emissions... are the knockout punch for nature... they are not covered by any Australian law." Kelly O'Shanassy, ACF CEO. #auspol #EPBC

"Proposed changes to the water trigger could only be to facilitate the approval of coal and gas projects." Brendan Sydes, ACF national biodiversity policy adviser. #auspol #EPBC

"Matters of national environmental significance should be the responsibility of the federal government." Kelly O'Shanassy, ACF CEO. #auspol #EPBC

"Communities are reaching out to us, terrified (about the proposed streamlining of environmental assessment processes)." Kelly O'Shanassy, ACF CEO. #auspol #EPBC

"We need tangible and measurable and concerted interventions to stem this tsunami of toxic nonsense that has descended upon us."

"We need tangible and measurable and concerted interventions to stem this tsunami of toxic nonsense that has descended upon us."

"Around the world, disinformation is dividing communities, inciting violence, causing chaos and confusion during emergencies, silencing experts and academics and community members out of what should be safe democratic spaces. And it’s doing a very good job of hindering progress on climate action."

"We in the midst of an epidemic of rubbish, our feeds are infected with it. And it’s spilling over from our screens into everyday life – as this submission outlines – disinformation is having a serious real-world impact."