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.
Currently, the Greens hold 12 seats in the Senate, Labor has 26 seats, and the Liberal-National Coalition has 32 seats.
Liberal-National MPs have ruled out legislating hard net-zero targets, with opposition employment spokesperson Michaelia Cash saying the party would not “devastate the Australian economy.”…