Procedural moves outrage Coalition, independent MPs and senator David Pocock, who says government ‘selling us out’
Labor and the Greens have struck a grand bargain on fuel efficiency standards, offshore gas and the petroleum resource rent tax to pass all three bills in the Senate.
The procedural moves outraged the Coalition, which opposes the fuel efficiency standards, and the independent MPs and senator David Pocock, who had wanted the PRRT bill strengthened to raise more revenue.is a workers safety bill containing a schedule that would allow the resources minister to override the environment minister when it comes to setting approvals rules including First Nations consultation for offshore gas.
The Greens revealed the deal includes a commitment not to bring back the changes to the offshore gas approvals process until the third tranche of the government’s environmental law reform.In the hours motion, senators Tammy Tyrrell and Lidia Thorpe voted with Labor and the Greens, indicating they are likely to supply the necessary votes, while cutting out Pocock and Jacqui Lambie.
Earlier, Bandt rejected charges of a “dirty deal”, saying the real “dirty deal” was “the one done between Labor and the gas corporations to open up new climate-destroying gas projects against the wishes of First Nations voices”.
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