A rift has opened up in the Greens after the federal party opted not to kill off Labor's controversial carbon accounting scheme, defying calls from party elders and a handful of senators.
Tasmanian senators Nick McKim and Vanessa Bleyer, as well as Western Australian senator Jordon Steele-John, crossed the floor to vote with the coalition in a bid to overturn the government's Improved Native Forest Management Instrument on Thursday.
