Albanese government rounds on Greens ‘sabotage’ of emissions reduction plan

Frontbenchers unleash on party for signalling that they they might vote with Coalition to stymie reform of safeguard mechanism

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The Albanese government has rounded on the Greens, declaring the party will repeat the mistake of rejecting a carbon pricing scheme in 2009 if it votes with the Coalition to torpedo Labor’s overhaul of the safeguard mechanism.

After the Greens signalled they would use the looming parliamentary negotiation to pursue the party’s long-sought ban on new coal and gas, a number of Labor frontbenchers used question time to launch a pre-emptive strike, warning both the Greens and the Coalition against sabotaging emissions reduction efforts.