Greens leadership race: new leader urged to block Labor fossil fuel approvals

Outgoing Greens leader Adam Bandt and former leader Bob Brown are pressuring the party's incoming leadership, to be chosen at a Sydney retreat, to use all available parliamentary means to block Labor's approval of new coal and gas projects. This signals a potential hardening of the Greens' stance against the Labor government's energy policy, which could complicate Australia's legislative agenda. The outcome of the leadership vote and the new leader's commitment to this hardline position remain uncertain.