Three Greens senators break ranks over koala park carbon credit deal
Three Greens senators will cross the floor to oppose a koala park carbon credit deal the party is backing.
Three Greens senators declared they will break party ranks. They will vote against a koala park deal the party leadership is backing.
The reserve in NSW covers 476,000 hectares. It would protect koalas but allow big polluters to use it for carbon credits.
This lets companies avoid real emission cuts by buying cheap credits instead. Tasmanians Nick McKim and Vanessa Bleyer and Western Australian Jordon Steele-John oppose the scheme.
Greens leader Larissa Waters said the party improved the method. She said the party will oppose other carbon credit laws that produce larger numbers of offsets.
The Nationals have moved to block the regulation. This gives the Greens casting votes in the Senate.
- 476,000 hectares
- Park size
- 176,000 hectares
- Newly protected areas
- 3
- Senators breaking ranks
- New South Wales
- Location
Why it mattersThe party split shows deep disagreement over whether nature should be sold for profit to fight climate change. There is also disagreement over whether the park's protection is worth the trade-off.
AustraliaFor Australian voters, it signals fracture inside the Greens over their core climate strategy and how willing they are to compromise with Labor on environmental policy.
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