FEDERAL Labor's push to introduce Queensland-style vegetation management laws on a national basis will create adverse environmental outcomes across the country.
They include higher carbon emissions, greater erosion, less sustainable agriculture and the creation of vast mulga deserts throughout central Australia.
That's the sobering assessment of AgForce chief executive officer Michael Guerin, who has spent the past year coming to grips with the Palaszczuk government's controversial vegetation management laws, which were smashed through the Queensland parliament in May last year.
"The reason for this is that the Queensland Government's one-size-fits-all Vegetation Management Act fails to consider the unique needs of the 13 distinct bioregions identified by its own Environment Department," Mr Guerin said.
"Their approach, driven by Greens-inspired dogma rather than science, means that at least 12 bioregions will be adversely affected."
Mr Guerin said both sides of politics needed to ensure environmental protection legislation was based on science and practical techniques.
LNP opposition natural resources spokesman Dale Last said Federal Labor's promise to implement Queensland's vegetation management laws nationally was about buying green votes and would ultimately hurt farmers.
"We heard time and time again from experts during this process that Labor's laws weren't based on science," Mr Last said.
"Instead the laws were based on ideology and it was clear they were more about Labor buying green votes rather than improved vegetation management practices.
"Federal Labor is now attempting the same."
