An internal Labor green group has attacked the Albanese government’s delays in revealing its pre-election “nature-positive” environmental regulation overhaul amid a gathering backlash from mining and agricultural groups.

Slamming West Australian Premier Roger Cook’s warning this week that the laws would add more green tape to resources approvals, Labor Environment Action Network national co-convener Felicity Wade said there was “no room for delay” on the reforms, given “business as usual means continuing with the world’s highest extinction rate”.