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Penny yet to drop for Labor on emissions action: Bandt

Greens leader Adam Bandt says the recent safeguard changes should only be the first step to reducing the country's emissions.

AAP · Apr 4, 2023

Australia passes most significant climate law in a decade amid concern over fossil fuel exports

Deal between Labor government and Greens requires total emissions from big industrial sites to come down, not just be offset

The Guardian - AU · Mar 30, 2023

Safeguard deal shows Bandt's Greens party has come of age

It is understandable if observers have struggled to neatly categorise the agreement struck on Monday between the Albanese Labor Government and the Australian Greens party to progressively reduce industrial emissions.

The Conversation · Mar 29, 2023

National reconstruction fund secures crossbench support – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Mar 27, 2023

Proponents of fracking in the Beetaloo Basin welcome the Greens' safeguard mechanism amendments, say they create 'certainty'

Fracking proponents say safeguard mechanism amendments have created certainty for the Beetaloo Basin.

ABC News · Mar 27, 2023

Labor and the Greens have cut a deal to get its key climate policy through the parliament. So what is it, and what's changing?

After weeks of negotiations and plenty of strong words, the federal government has secured the support it needs to pass its key climate policy into law. So what is it, and what's changing?

ABC News · Mar 27, 2023

Labor climate safeguard scheme gets the green light

Labor has struck a deal with the Greens to pass the safeguard mechanism changes, with the bill set to go to the Senate as early as Tuesday.

AAP · Mar 27, 2023

Greens will back Labor's safeguard mechanism without a ban on new coal and gas. That's a good outcome

Labor and the Greens have reached a compromise on the safeguard mechanism after months of tense negotiations, giving the government the numbers it needs to pass the bill into law.

The Conversation · Mar 27, 2023

Afternoon Update: Labor and Greens strike deal on safeguard mechanism; anger after police shoot Indigenous man; and Israel protests

Albanese government’s signature climate policy strengthened with hard cap on emissions totalling 1,233m tonnes

The Guardian - AU · Mar 27, 2023

Australia steps toward making big polluters reduce emissions

The Australian government has taken a major step toward implementing a key climate policy that would force chief greenhouse gas polluters to reduce emissions

The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2023