Richard Di Natale says plan would be one of the first things Greens would bring up with Shorten government on climate change
The Greens would demand $1bn to help workers and communities transition away from coal mining, export and power production, making a shift to renewable energy jobs central to climate negotiations with Labor.
The Greens’ “Just Transition” policy mirrors Labor’s in its call for a new federal authority to manage the decline of coal jobs, but the Greens will pair a more ambitious timeline to phase out coal with demands to do more to move workers into renewable energy industries.
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