Reaction from Cindy Baxter, chair, Kiwis Against Seabed Mining, reaction to the government's announced plans to change the Fast Track Approvals Act.

"This is a fundamental undermining of democracy.

“On behalf of tens of thousands of Kiwis, we have opposed destructive seabed mining for 20 years. The idea that we are ‘stalling progress’ simply because we may appeal is absurd. The Government wants to lock the public out entirely, but the EPA panels are doing their job thoroughly, despite the constraints already placed on them."

"Wannabe seabed miners Trans Tasman Resources knows its application is full of holes: it hasn't done its homework. It needs Shane Jones to intervene in order to get this destructive project over the line."

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