CRA warns Government’s environmental reforms ‘fall short’
Catholic Religious Australia has urged the Albanese Government to reconsider its proposed environmental law reforms, saying the reforms fall short of what is needed to properly protect and restore Australia’s diverse plants, animals and ecosystems.
Date Posted:
27-Nov-2025
Barmah National Park, Victoria. Used under licence
"We will enjoy and celebrate Earth’s beauty and bounty and her many species. We will honour our duty to love and care for her and add to her well-being wherever possible." (Chapter Statement)
CRA, of which Sisters of Mercy Parramatta Congregation is a member, lodged a submission to a Senate Inquiry into a package of bills that seek to reform the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
CRA expressed “deep concern” that the bills fall short of the reform of the act that is needed to properly protect and restore Australia’s diverse plants, animals and ecosystems, while acknowledging that some few components of the bills demonstrate positive changes to the act.