Ms LEY (Farrer—Minister for the Environment) (15:01): I thank the member for Groom, from the great state of Queensland, for his question in the House today and congratulate him on his outstanding representation of the people in Toowoomba and the range and recognise his interest in farmers and the environment working together. It's interesting: members on this side who represent rural Australia and walk many miles in the shoes of our constituents, managing so much of our land mass, understand that it isn't about one versus the other, that it isn't about conservation over here and farming over there, or threatened species over here and agriculture over there; it's about getting the balance right. It's about working together and coming back to the fact that we can't do it without our farmers, who look after well over 60 per cent of Australia's land mass. In contrast, people think of national parks—sometimes great places for feral animals, unfortunately—but they amount to only about 18 to 20 per cent of Australia. It's rural Australians doing the heavy lifting and the hard yards, particularly in this time of drought. I want to reassure everyone involved in environmental approvals that the statutory review of the EPBC Act is due to be announced next month. That happens every 10 years, and we on this side of the House believe that it's an opportunity for real reform—clear and sensible reform—around environmental approvals, because the act is not really servicing too many people at the moment. It's taking too long to reach decisions, its process is frustrating and it's subject to an enormous amount of litigation. Whether you land on the side of the argument that would like to see an approval go ahead or you would like to not see an approval go ahead, you certainly want that decision to be made swiftly and efficiently, and that's what we're undertaking to do. We'll be announcing the review shortly. There'll be a lead reviewer. There'll be four panel members, one with expertise in agriculture, one with expertise in environmental law, one with expertise in Indigenous land management and another from our natural resource agencies. This is a really important review, and I know that everyone will want to have a say on it. Yesterday I wondered about the opposition's environment policy. I talked about one of our own, our communities environment policy. And I've been diligently searching through the paperwork to see whether there are any more environment policies from members opposite, and I have found one. It's got a $50 million price tag attached to it. Is it about feral cats? Is it about exclusion fencing? Is it about threatened species? No: it's about $50 million to create a new act of parliament, the Environment Protection Act. Well, I can tell members opposite that the work we will be doing—the clear, sensible reform under the stability and certainty of this government—will not cost a single cent.