Teal MPs criticise Greens’ ‘short-sighted’ opposition to Labor’s planned nature repair market

Kylea Tink says the Greens are ‘cutting off their nose to spite their face’, but Sarah Hanson-Young says ‘Green Wall Street is not what nature needs’

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Teal independent MPs have accused the Greens of “incredibly short-sighted” opposition to Labor’s proposed nature repair market, urging them to improve rather than stall or block the bill.

The members for North Sydney, Kylea Tink, and Wentworth, Allegra Spender, have suggested the Greens are “cutting off their nose to spite their face” and “blocking things that are important because they don’t get everything they want”.

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