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• Fact check: how credible is the war on Australia’s environmental 'green tape'?

  30-11-2019 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Coalition says approvals take three and a half years, the reality can be longer, putting threatened species at risk
  Australia’s national environment law is under review, an exercise the government has said is aimed at cutting “green tape”.Scott Morrison and the environment minister, Sussan Ley, announced the review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act last month. It is a statutory review of the act that occurs every 10 years. Related: Letter by
  
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• London Bridge attack: PM says automatic early prison release is not working - video

  30-11-2019 16:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Boris Johnson says people convicted of terrorism offences should not be allowed out of prison early after it was revealed the London Bridge attacker, Usman Khan, was released on licence last year.The prime minister was speaking during a visit to the scene of the attack in which two people were killed and three more injured before police shot Khan dead. Johnson praised members of the public and the emergency services for their response. Continue reading...
  
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• London Bridge attack: swift review of violent crime sentences pledged

  30-11-2019 10:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Security minister, Brandon Lewis, says government’s first priority is safety of UK publicFollow the latest news on the attack
  The government wants to move swiftly in its review of sentencing for violent crimes after the London bridge attack, the security minister, Brandon Lewis, has said.On Friday, a man and a woman were killed by an Islamist extremist who had been released on licence from jail where he had served time for an al-Qaida-inspired bomb plot. Continue reading...
  
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• Justice system playing 'Russian roulette' with public, says terror expert

  30-11-2019 10:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Remark comes after security minister, Brandon Lewis, pledges swift review of violent crime sentencesFollow the latest news on the attack
  A counter-terrorism specialist has described the criminal justice system as playing “Russian roulette” with the public, after it was revealed the London Bridge attacker had been released from jail following his conviction for terror offences.Chris Phillips, a former head of the UK national counter-terrorism security office (Nactso), said: “The
  
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