With the elevation of coal-hugging Barnaby Joyce to the Deputy Prime Ministership, the Greens will renew focus on coal and 2030 climate targets in winnable inner-city seats held by Liberals, as part of the party\u2019s push to secure balance of power in a minority Parliament at the next election.
\nThe Greens have already released a shortlist of lower house electorates from which they will pick their campaign priority seats at the next election, including the Liberal-held Ryan, Brisbane, Higgins and Kooyong, as well as two inner-city seats where the Liberals finish first on primary votes, Macnamara and Griffith.
\n\u201cThis is a coal-fired coup in the Coalition,\u201d said Greens Leader, Adam Bandt.
\n\u201cInner-city voters don\u2019t want a coal-hugging government, and this move from the Nationals makes a minority Parliament more likely at the next election.\u201d
\n\u201cScott Morrison is now tied to Barnaby Joyce, and instead of getting out of coal and gas, they\u2019ll deliver more of it, sadly with the Labor Party\u2019s support.\u201d
\n\u201cInner-city voters can send a climate message to the government by voting Greens.\u201d
\n\u201cNet-zero by 2050 is too late, but it\u2019s also clearly too much for the Nationals, who get 4% of the vote but 100% control of climate policy.\u201d
\n\u201cThe Nationals are climate terrorists and they are holding the whole country hostage.\u201d
\n\u201cThis whole government has to go.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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