Mining lobby dismisses claims of power grab in RMA reforms

Mining lobby dismisses claims of power grab in RMA reforms
March 6 (BusinessDesk) - The mining lobby group Straterra says the government is right to try and improve the operation of the Resource Management Act and dismisses environmental groups' claims of a Ministerial power grab as "rubbish." “We all want the same thing, a robust framework for assessing development proposals against economic, environmental, social and cultural criteria," Straterra chief executive Chris Baker said in a statement. "But we want that to be a workable framework, not a frustrating framework, and that’s what we have now.”...