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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Karp Chief political correspondent

Albanese targets Greens on ‘gesture-based’ climate politics in speech defending Labor’s business policies

BCA chief executive Bran Black, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and BCA president Geoff Culbert
Anthony Albanese said Labor had ‘stood up for some of Australia’s biggest employers’, targeting the Greens and the Coalition in a wide-ranging speech. Photograph: Flavio Brancaleone/AAP

Anthony Albanese has accused the Greens of “gesture-based climate amendments” to Labor’s environment legislation in a speech defending his government’s reform record and its relationship with big business.

In an address to the Business Council of Australia on Tuesday evening, Albanese said Labor is “pro-business and pro-worker” and sought to distinguish himself from Peter Dutton by arguing he respects their views even when he disagrees.

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