Contentious koala park plan to go ahead as three Greens senators cross the floor

Party backed plan to allow big industry to use a new koala national park in NSW to offset its climate pollution, but three senators dissented Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereA controversial plan to allow big industry to use a new koala national park in New South Wales to offset its climate pollution will go ahead after the Greens reached a deal with Labor, and decided not to vote with the Coalition to block it.But three Greens – Tasmanians Nick McKim and Vanessa Bleyer, and Western Australia’s Jordon Steele-John – crossed the floor to oppose the deal on Thursday afternoon. Continue reading...