The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has hit back at the Greens after the party flagged its intention to push Labor on fossil fuel projects as it revamps the safeguard mechanism to cut industrial emissions.
Following the government’s release of a discussion paper on the measure on Thursday, the Greens leader, Adam Bandt, suggested the party was prepared to use its balance of power position more assertively than it did during negotiations over the legislation to enshrine the 43% emissions reduction target.
