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Under pressure from Reform and from the former PM, Keir Starmer is facing a series of tests of his resolve on green policyPopulist politicians are striking a chord with the public in their attack on “the green agenda” because they are right – climate policies are elitist. So says the man standing to be the next leader of the UK’s Green party.“We should all be angry about net zero,” argues Zack Polanski, currently the Greens’ deputy leader. “The poorest people in our society are being expected to step up to tackle the climate crisis. But it’s the government’s fault, not

Price joins shadow treasurer Angus Taylor’s ticket in Tuesday’s leadership ballotAustralia news live: latest politics and federal election updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJacinta Nampijinpa Price has formally put her hat in the ring for the deputy Liberal leadership, joining shadow treasurer Angus Taylor’s ticket.It comes days after Nampijinpa Price defected from the National party room, where the Country Liberal party senator has been sitting since being elected in 2019.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/11/jacinta-nampijinpa-price-pushes-for-return-to-liberal-party-roots-in-bid-for-deputy-leadership Author : Krishani Dhanji Publish date : 2025-05-11 02:00:00 Copyright for syndicated

The former science and industry minister has been dropped from frontbench amid Labor cabinet reshuffle. Follow today’s news liveFull federal election results: live Australian Senate seat countGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast‘Factional assassin’Husic says deputy prime minister Richard Marles wielded “a factional club to reshape the ministry”. The former minister for industry and science is speaking on ABC Insiders.Factions play a really important role in managing merit, moderating ambition and providing an orderly transition for renewal. That’s very important.The difficult issue here is that we’ve had bare faced ambition and a deputy prime minister wield

The state government is aware of koala welfare problems but says it has ‘no cost-effective’ solutionsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThousands of koalas are being displaced each year as blue gum plantations are cut down in Victoria, worsening overcrowding in nearby forests and exacerbating the risk of injury and death during bushfires.An estimated 42,500 koalas live in blue gum plantations in south-west Victoria, data shows. Between 8,000 and 10,000 hectares of plantation are harvested each year, making thousands of koalas homeless.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/11/koalas-face-death-attacks-and-starvation-as-blue-gums-chopped-down-in-victoria Author