West Australian Premier Roger Cook has warned his federal counterparts against reviving any green reforms that would hurt his state’s mining sector after the prime minister promised to pursue a revised model of Labor’s controversial Nature Positive environment laws.
Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com