While holding a whip hand, the Greens are also wedged on the safeguard legislation, and it seems their only viable option is to vote with the government.
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has delivered a fiery rebuke of the Greens for lining up with the Liberal Party and holding the government hostage on its safeguard mechanism reforms.
Investor groups urged all sides to back the federal government’s new safeguard mechanism or “cripple” the country’s ability to achieve carbon reduction targets.
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