Serious doubts about plan to let agriculture minister veto farm carbon projects

Jamieson Murphy
February 1 2022 - 10:00am
CARBON FIGHT: David Littleproud defended the move as a safety mechanism, however critics say there is no evidence to support the proposal.
CARBON FIGHT: David Littleproud defended the move as a safety mechanism, however critics say there is no evidence to support the proposal.

PLANS to give the agriculture minister the powers to veto any carbon projects that take up more than one-third of a farm have been slammed as "not evidence based and rushed overkill", and the minister has been accused of applying a local political issue to the national agriculture portfolio.

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Jamieson Murphy

Jamieson Murphy

News director

Newcastle Herald news director. Interested in any and all yarns. Whisper g'day mate to me at jamieson.murphy@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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