Greens settle brutal policy brawl with ‘lots of hugs’
Australian Greens leader Larissa Waters maintains her leadership position following internal party disagreements over climate policy. The party faced controversy after some senators voted with the Nationals against the party's usual stance on carbon credits.
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It illustrates the challenges progressive parties face in balancing ideological purity with pragmatic legislative compromises.
— 5:49pm , first published 3:55pm
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Share A A A Greens leader Larissa Waters says her leadership is secure and the party is ready for a broader fight on climate policy, despite the spectacle of three Greens senators crossing the floor to vote with the Nationals on a key vote on Thursday night.
Long-serving South Australian Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young also said that Waters’ position as leader was safe.
Waters told this masthead that no one in her party room or outside the party had raised concerns with her about her leadership, after the Greens took a position contrary to the urging of former leaders Bob Brown and Christine Milne .
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