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More bark than bite as Labor debate turns nuclear (michaelwest.com.au)

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A push by unions and climate activists to force Labor to take stronger action on social and environmental policy has largely fizzled out as heads turn towards a fight over nuclear submarines.

Labor also faced a push from its left flank to stop native logging and put in place more stringent methane emissions reduction targets for the agriculture sector.

The influential Labor Environment Action Network initially wanted to amend the policy platform but moved a watered-down motion.

Eyes have turned to Friday's foreign policy debate where the government is facing a sustained push from dissidents and some unions to scrap mentions of AUKUS and nuclear submarines from its policy platform.

Defence Minister Richard Marles will move to introduce a statement on the Australia-UK-US pact into the policy platform but some delegates want to use the debate to accuse Labor of abandoning its traditional anti-nuclear stance.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

A push by unions and climate activists to force Labor to take stronger action on social and environmental policy has largely fizzled out as heads turn towards a fight over nuclear submarines.

CFMEU national secretary Zach Smith joined about 1000 protesters outside the conference, telling the crowd the union’s demand was clear – to leverage $290 billion over a decade from Australia’s largest companies.

Labor also faced a push from its left flank to stop native logging and put in place more stringent methane emissions reduction targets for the agriculture sector.

The party resolved to rewrite its 1992 forestry policy, expand plantation estates to meet the demand for sustainably sourced wood and develop an industry plan to grow jobs in the sector.

ALP national president Wayne Swan ran the true believers through Labor’s policy highlights since World War I before turning his focus to the new generation.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Nothing like a good old distraction