Independent senator David Pocock has agreed to back the Albanese government’s pivotal climate bill – but has flagged he might sink future efforts, unless Labor sets more ambitious targets on global warming.
In the first major test of the federal government’s relationship with the upper house crossbench, Senator Pocock said on Tuesday he would vote in support of Labor’s bill to create a legally-binding national target to cut greenhouse emissions by 43 per cent by 2030.
