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

Labor can’t count on Greens support for petroleum resource rent tax, warns Adam Bandt

Prime minister Anthony Albanese after a discussion with Greens leader Adam Bandt at Parliament House.
Prime minister Anthony Albanese after a discussion with Greens leader Adam Bandt at Parliament House. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

The Greens leader, Adam Bandt, has warned the government it can’t count on the minor party’s support for its “weak” changes to the petroleum resource rent tax.

The comments underscore the possibility that if the Coalition blocks the changes the Greens may demand more revenue from offshore oil and gas in return for its support in the Senate, where it holds the balance of power.

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