Left-Wing Australian Greens Play Hard Ball With Labor Government Over Net-Zero Deal

Left-Wing Australian Greens Play Hard Ball With Labor Government Over Net-Zero Deal
Greens leader Adam Bandt speaks during the Greens national campaign launch at Black Hops Brewery in Brisbane, Australia on May 16, 2022. Dan Peled/Getty Images
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set for a tough fight with Greens leader Adam Bandt who is standing firm on legislating emissions reduction targets so that successive governments can never repeal them.

The Labor government is set to introduce a new bill to enshrine climate change and net-zero policy into law but needs the left-wing Greens to pass legislation in the federal Upper House.

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