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

Greens call on Labor to drop changes to gas project consultations in return for support on vehicle emissions

Greens leader Adam Bandt
Greens leader Adam Bandt has labelled Labor’s offshore gas projects approvals bill ‘a massive power grab by the resources minister’. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

The Greens have demanded that Labor withdraw a controversial proposal to water down consultation requirements for offshore gas development, promising that in return they will help pass vehicle emissions standards.

The Albanese government is locked in two sensitive climate-related negotiations: courting Coalition support for changes to the petroleum resource rent tax (PRRT), but needing the Greens to pass emissions standards that the opposition has branded a new car and ute tax.

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