Three Greens senators to cross floor amid internal brawl over contentious koala park plan
Party will back plan to allow big industry to use a new koala national park in NSW to offset its climate pollution, but three senators will dissent A controversial plan to allow big industry to use a new koala national park in New South Wales to offset its climate pollution is expected to go ahead after the Greens reached a deal with Labor, and decided not to vote with the Coalition to block it.…
The Greens have reached a deal with Labor to support a controversial plan in New South Wales, allowing big industry to use a new koala national park to offset its climate pollution. However, three Greens senators from Tasmania, Western Australia and Queensland – Nick McKim, Vanessa Bleyer and Jordon Steele-John – will dissent and vote against the deal.
The Greens have been divided over whether to support the regulation proposed by the NSW government, which introduces carbon credits for protecting native forests that had been earmarked for logging. The Nationals and some conservation groups oppose the regulation, arguing it would hurt the forestry industry and set a dangerous precedent.
The Greens say they have improved the native forestry management method, but will still oppose other upcoming carbon credit legislation. The deal with Labor aims to ensure carbon credits from the native forest project cannot be sold to coal and gas companies if the state government guarantees it.
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