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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent

Green groups in last-ditch bid to block UK’s Australia trade deal

Scott Morrison and Boris Johnson
Australian prime minister Scott Morrison (left) with his UK counterpart Boris Johnson (right) in Downing Street in June 2021 before formally announcing a trade deal. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

Environmental campaigners have launched a last-ditch legal bid to prevent or delay the UK’s trade deal with Australia, owing to concerns over its impacts on the climate and the natural world.

A group of seven environmental and farming organisations has filed a formal complaint alleging that the UK government breached international law in signing the deal, which they fear is about to pass into law without any further in-depth parliamentary scrutiny.

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