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We have made it to the week’s halfway point and as a little treat, we will find out the Greens position on the government’s climate bill.will address the national press club today, where he will reveal which way the Greens will vote on Labor’s climate change bill. The party met twice yesterday to try and come to a consensus and declined to update the media after the second meeting, so we’ll have to wait until midday for Bandt to explain whatever position it is the party has landed on.
The government can not pass its bill through the senate without the Greens. That doesn’t put a halt to climate action – Labor can still act without legislation, but given the momentum around actually acting on climate after a decade of...well, not a lot, refusing to pass the first major bill threatens to derail that momentum.One thing we do know Bandt will talk about, is the Coalition’s ‘gas led recovery’ projects it was in the process of setting up.
Bandt says Labor is now in a position to do something tangible about climate. He also points out that the Liberals are now “irrelevant”.In the meantime, we have what the Coalition is doing, which is opposing Labor’s climate bill and deciding, after almost a decade in power, to look into nuclear power.
Something it didn’t touch while it was in a position to do anything about it. The Sky After Darkers might be pleased with the review, but anyone who has had anything to do with climate for the last decade is screaming with frustration.How about we talk about nuclear? Ok, sure. Let’s hang a lantern over this absolute, utter, bollocks
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