Greens to present ETS amendments

12 October 2009 | 08:16:24 AM | Source: AAp

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The Greens will put forward their amendments to the ETS. (AAP)

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has all but ruled out negotiating with the Australian Greens on emissions trading.

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The Greens will today present their proposed amendments to the government legislation setting up the carbon pollution reduction scheme, which has already been rejected.

But the prime minister still believes working with embattled opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull remains Labor's best bet, despite further cracks appearing in the federal coalition's position on climate change over the weekend.
   
Mr Rudd says they're prepared to negotiate in good faith with the Opposition in order to get a credible climate change outcome for Australia.
   
"We need a result for Australia and that is why we are prepared to negotiate in good faith with the opposition," Mr Rudd told reporters in Canberra.
   
"We need to negotiate on the basis of amendments from the opposition ... to get a credible climate change outcome."

Green amendments
   
Today the Greens will present their proposed amendments to the once-rejected government legislation setting up the carbon pollution reduction scheme.
   
They aim to green up the scheme, wind back compensation to polluting companies and beef up targets to cut emissions.

Greens leader Bob Brown believes if Labor plays ball independent Nick Xenophon will too, meaning only one coalition senator would have to cross the floor for the ETS to pass.

'Better deal with Coalition'

But the indications are Labor is focused on a deal with the Coalition.
   
Deputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop says a rebuff from the West Australian Liberals won't deter Mr Turnbull from negotiating with the government.
   
The WA branch passed a motion on Saturday to "not conclude any negotiations" until after the Copenhagen summit in December.

That's despite Mr Turnbull warning that voting the scheme down again in November could lead to a huge defeat at an early election.
 

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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has all but ruled out negotiating with the Australian Greens on emissions trading.

The Greens will today present their proposed amendments to the government legislation setting up the carbon pollution reduction scheme, which has already been rejected.

But the prime minister still believes working with embattled opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull remains Labor's best bet, despite further cracks appearing in the federal coalition's position on climate change over the weekend.
   
Mr Rudd says they're prepared to negotiate in good faith with the Opposition in order to get a credible climate change outcome for Australia.
   
"We need a result for Australia and that is why we are prepared to negotiate in good faith with the opposition," Mr Rudd told reporters in Canberra.
   
"We need to negotiate on the basis of amendments from the opposition ... to get a credible climate change outcome."

Green amendments
   
Today the Greens will present their proposed amendments to the once-rejected government legislation setting up the carbon pollution reduction scheme.
   
They aim to green up the scheme, wind back compensation to polluting companies and beef up targets to cut emissions.

Greens leader Bob Brown believes if Labor plays ball independent Nick Xenophon will too, meaning only one coalition senator would have to cross the floor for the ETS to pass.

'Better deal with Coalition'

But the indications are Labor is focused on a deal with the Coalition.
   
Deputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop says a rebuff from the West Australian Liberals won't deter Mr Turnbull from negotiating with the government.
   
The WA branch passed a motion on Saturday to "not conclude any negotiations" until after the Copenhagen summit in December.

That's despite Mr Turnbull warning that voting the scheme down again in November could lead to a huge defeat at an early election.
 

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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has all but ruled out negotiating with the Australian Greens on emissions trading just a day before the minor party puts forward its proposed amendments to Labor's scheme.   

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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has all but ruled out negotiating with the Australian Greens on emissions trading just a day before the minor party puts forward its proposed amendments to Labor's scheme.          

Further cracks appeared in the federal coalition's position on climate change on the weekend, but Mr Rudd still believes working with embattled opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull remains Labor's best bet.
           
"We need a result for Australia and that is why we are prepared to negotiate in good faith with the opposition," Mr Rudd told reporters in Canberra.
           
"We need to negotiate on the basis of amendments from the opposition ... to get a credible climate change outcome."
           
On Monday, the Greens will present their proposed amendments to the once-rejected government legislation setting up the carbon pollution reduction scheme.
           
They aim to green up the scheme, wind back compensation to polluting companies and beef up targets to cut emissions.
           
Greens leader Bob Brown believes if Labor plays ball independent Nick Xenophon will too, meaning only one coalition senator would have to cross the floor for the ETS to pass.
           
But the indications are Labor is focused on a deal with the coalition.
           
‘Turnbull won’t be deterred’
 
Deputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop says a rebuff from the West Australian Liberals won't deter Mr Turnbull from negotiating with the government.
           
The WA branch passed a motion on Saturday to "not conclude any negotiations" until after the Copenhagen summit in December.
           
That's despite Mr Turnbull warning that voting the scheme down again in November could lead to a huge defeat at an early election.
           
Ms Bishop says her West Australian colleagues are actually in step with the shadow ministry.
           
"The position adopted by the Western Australian conference is consistent with the position of the federal parliamentary party," she told ABC Television on Sunday.
           
"That is, this legislation should not be brought back to the parliament before Copenhagen."
           
The WA motion is certainly less of a slap in the face than it could have been. Originally the state branch wanted to forbid Mr Turnbull from negotiating at all.
           
Now he has some wriggle room.
           
Swan’s interpretation
 
But that's not how Treasurer Wayne Swan interpreted the weekend's events.
           
"We've seen more chaos and confusion overnight in the Liberal Party (with) the rebuff yesterday to Mr Turnbull," he said.
           
"I don't believe the Liberal Party are serious about negotiating. What they are going to do is to use procedural tricks in the Senate to block any intelligent discussion of this legislation."
           
He accused Mr Turnbull of allowing the "dinosaurs" in the party to dominate the debate.
           
It's a view shared by Greens climate change spokeswoman Christine Milne.
           
She believes the Liberals are allowing their maverick MP Wilson Tuckey to vent his spleen on emissions trading as a way of appeasing those in the party who don't believe in climate change.
           
Mr Tuckey is being used as a lightning rod in much the same way as former independent MP Pauline Hanson was on immigration and race issues, Senator Milne told Sky News.
           
"It's an extraordinary thing.
           
"He's pretty much irrelevant in the scheme of things and yet he seems to be doing almost a Pauline Hanson on climate change."
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Malcolm Turnbull has made some headway but still faces major hurdles in trying to reassert his leadership of the coalition and wipe out party opposition to his stance on emissions trading.

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Malcolm Turnbull has made some headway but still faces major hurdles in trying to reassert his leadership of the coalition and wipe out party opposition to his stance on emissions trading.

He's tried to stare down his opponents at the Western Australian Liberal party conference, but only with limited success.
 
WA delegates have watered down a motion to delay any negotiations with the Rudd government until after global climate change talks in December.
 
But there's been overwhelming support to not conclude any negotiations until after the Copenhagen summit, which is seen as another rebuff to Mr Turnbull.
 
He's been battling to persuade Liberal dissenters to toe shadow cabinet's line on an emissions trading scheme and support negotiations with the government on amendments to climate change policy.
 

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