NSW government promises biodiversity win from land clearing laws

By Sean Nicholls, Peter Hannam
Updated May 4 2016 - 1:13am, first published 12:55am
Conservation groups have dubbed the land clearing policy a "so-called biodiversity act". Photo: Brendan Esposito
Conservation groups have dubbed the land clearing policy a "so-called biodiversity act". Photo: Brendan Esposito
Mark Speakman has promised "a wider range of checks and balances". Photo: John Veage JVE
Mark Speakman has promised "a wider range of checks and balances". Photo: John Veage JVE

NSW "is not Queensland" when it comes to a controversial overhaul of land clearing laws, the state government has insisted, while promising to reverse decades of biodiversity decline.

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