Responding to \u2018hairy chested\u2019 comments today from Labor\u2019s climate Minister that the government would not alter its weak climate position, Greens Leader Adam Bandt has warned that Labor should ditch its \u2018my way or the highway\u2019 approach to its climate laws, saying Labor\u2019s vote went backwards and Labor did not secure a majority in the Senate, where the Greens\u2019 presence grew. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Bandt said the Greens wanted to work constructively with the government, but Labor could not take the Greens\u2019 votes in the Senate for granted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Bandt also said the Greens have been given a strong mandate by the Australian people to take action on climate and inequality, and in particular no new coal and gas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Labor\u2019s climate and energy Minister Chris Bowen has said they would not consider amendments to their legislation and would adopt a \u2018take it or leave it\u2019 approach. Mr Bandt said voters had just roundly rejected this kind of approach, and that with Labor\u2019s vote going backwards Labor needed to reconsider this kind of \u2018chest beating\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Greens Leader Adam Bandt said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLabor needs to drop their \u2018take it or leave it\u2019 approach. Labor should not let their idea of the perfect be the enemy of the good. Labor\u2019s vote has just gone backwards and the public clearly wants the Greens and others to have a say.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe public has just rejected this kind of hairy-chested \u2018my way or the highway\u2019 approach to climate that Labor is now taking. People want us to work together and the Greens are up for discussions about getting good climate laws passed, but it seems Labor isn\u2019t. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe big issue is Labor\u2019s plan to open new coal and gas mines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOn climate and energy there is a lot we agree on, and I could even see us reaching agreement on emissions reduction targets, but opening new coal and gas mines will completely wipe out any gains from their climate legislation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe will use the balance of power positively and responsibly, but our job is to get action on climate and inequality. We have a strong mandate too. If Labor stops opening new coal and gas mines, I can see this being a very productive Parliament.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Responding to \u2018hairy chested\u2019 comments today from Labor\u2019s climate Minister that the government would not alter its weak climate position, Greens Leader Adam Bandt has warned that Labor should ditch its \u2018my way or the highway\u2019 approach to its climate laws, saying Labor\u2019s vote went backwards and Labor did not secure a majority in the … Continue reading “Greens warn Labor not to adopt \u2018take it or leave it\u2019 approach”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16856"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16857,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16856\/revisions\/16857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}