With a deal on Australia’s environmental laws, Murray Watt has cemented his reputation as a ‘fixer’

Murray Watt has something in common with the emperors of ancient Rome.

Like Commodus in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator, Watt would hold out his thumb as he exited his meetings on overhauling Australia’s environment laws.

Over the weeks and months, Watt would walk out of his dozens of meetings — weekly…