Australia news live: standoff looms for final week of parliament as Coalition holds out on nature laws

As senior shadow frontbencher James Paterson claims Chris Bowen focused on ‘hobnobbing’ at global conferences. Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGreens senator says party wants native forest protections as part of nature law negotiationsThe Greens’ environment spokesperson, Sarah Hanson-Young has appeared on ABC’s Insiders amid the government appealing to the minor party with concessions in order to pass their nature laws.Three more years of the destruction of our native forests when we’ve got 2,000-plus species already endangered in this country, where we’ve got billions of dollars of taxpayer money already being spent subsidising an industry that’s about destroying our native forests. I mean, it’s 2025 and it’s time we ended native forest logging, protected these beautiful, ancient forests that aren’t just there for the richness of biodiversity, but they’re so important when it comes to combating climate change, they are carbon sinks.I was probably