The government would need the support of all 12 Greens in the Senate - plus one upper house crossbencher - to pass any legislation, if the opposition vote against the federal government's upcoming bill on Australia's emission reduction target.
Australian Greens leader Adam Bandt says along with a more ambition emissions reduction target, his party is pushing for a ban on new coal and gas projects.Greens leader Adam Bandt says he wants to work with the government on its upcoming climate bill, but the party's final stance is still undecided.
The Greens have called for a higher target to be put in place to reduce emissions, despite calls from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for all MPs across the parliament to back the legislation. "Our strong preference is to work with the government to get good climate legislation passed, and if the government's willing to sit down and talk, we are too."A climate crisis, geopolitical competition and lasting development pressures have all been identified as pressing concerns facing the island nations.The government would need the support of all 12 Greens in the Senate plus one upper house crossbencher in order to pass any legislation if the opposition vote against the bill.
"At the moment we're not even at square one because the government is saying 'take it or leave it' ... you heard some of them be very clear there's no room to move on our level of climate ambition," he said. It comes after Mr Albanese said he hoped the Greens had learned from 2009, when the minor party voted against the then-Labor government's carbon pollution reduction scheme.
"Legislating the target is international best practice, it's the best way to give our businesses and our investors and the broader community certainty over that target," he told Sky News on Sunday.
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