The federal government's signature nature protection reforms are on the cusp of collapsing, with Labor increasingly ready to walk away if it cannot do a deal with the Coalition.
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek said talks over a bill to establish an environmental protection agency had reached an "intense" stage.Tense negotiations over the federal government's signature nature protection reforms have reached their "final" stage, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek says.
The minor party is demanding a more ambitious set of environmental reforms, including measures that would force regulators to "consider" the climate impacts of resources projects. They come just over a week after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told a newspaper in Western Australia that he was It is understood Ms Plibersek met with Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young early in the week but has not yet started head-to-head talks with other key crossbenchers, including David Pocock."Dutton's demands for more fossil fuels, more pollution and more destruction make the choice for the Albanese government clear: work with the Greens and the crossbench to protect the environment or capitulate to Gina Rinehart and the big polluters," Senator Hanson-Young said late on Wednesday.
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