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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Adam Morton Climate and environment editor

NSW Greens MP pleads with federal colleagues not to back National party motion to block koala park deal

NSW Greens MP Sue Higginson
NSW Greens MP Sue Higginson has urged federal colleagues not to vote with the Coalition and One Nation to block a carbon credit plan for koalas. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

A New South Wales Greens MP has pleaded with her federal colleagues not to vote with the Coalition and One Nation to block a plan for the NSW government to get millions of dollars’ worth in carbon credits for creating a koala national park.

Sue Higginson, a former lawyer and forest campaigner turned NSW upper house MP, is the first member of the minor party to speak in detail about a dispute that has split the Greens and environmentalists.

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