OPINION: If Labor’s 2030 target is blocked by the Greens, most would expect Anthony Albanese to crab walk away. But could a double dissolution help the cause?
to back Labor’s target of 43 per cent emissions reductions by 2030, reminding senators that Labor had won a mandate for the policy and that if they didn’t vote for it, then they would be “held accountable for it”., Albanese reminded voters that it was the Greens party which in 2009 sabotaged the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme put forward by then-Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd.
Conroy argued that progressive forces and the Greens were to blame for the political stalemate over climate policy, along with “climate deniers, right-wing ideologues and vested interests who act as a cheer squad for delay and inaction”. Does any of this seem familiar? If the target is blocked in the Senate, most Canberra observers would expect the prime minister to crab walk away from the issue, leaving the implementation to non-legislated policy offerings from Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen.
The most likely candidate to back the 43 per cent emission legislation is independent ACT Senator David Pocock, an ex-rugby player backed by Climate 200, who knocked off Liberal Zed Seselja by pulling 7.6 per cent of the primary vote from that party, 6 per cent away the ALP and 7.4 per cent from the Greens.
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