The Albanese Government has taken the extraordinary step of moving to discharge their own bill from the Senate Notice Paper, sounding the death knell for Australia's environment.
Greens environment spokesperson Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said:
"The Labor Party has abandoned the environment and sent a message to voters everywhere that they cannot be trusted to protect nature.
"What a shocking lack of leadership from the Albanese Government. Last week, these bills were listed on the draft Senate schedule but just days later it is again clear that it's the mining lobby and the likes of Gina Rinehart who are calling the shots on what happens in this parliament.
"This is a stunning capitulation to vested interests in the mining and logging lobby. Rather than work with the Greens to get an outcome to protect our environment and end native forest logging, the Prime Minister is letting the fossil fuel and logging lobby dictate Labor's policy.
"Labor is now on a unity ticket with the environment-wrecking Liberal Party.
"This is not just a broken promise by the Albanese Labor Government, it sounds the death knell for our iconic koalas, native forests and the climate.
"The PM has bulldozed his own environment policy, leaving Labor with nothing to show but three years of broken promises.
"Australians overwhelmingly want to protect our native forests and native wildlife. The only way they're going to get that is to vote Greens at the ballot box.
"The Greens won't stop fighting to save our forests and koalas, and for an end to new coal and gas. It's clear Labor won't do it, but we will."
