Tanya Plibersek, the deputy leader of the Australian Labor Party and MP for Sydney, made a speech on June 15 where she tried to fend off the political pressure Labor is facing from the Greens and other smaller parties to the left.
The Minister for the Environment has approved new fossil fuel projects instead of considering their contribution to overheating our planet and making it unlivable. She has violated our trust in the Labor government's commitment to stop coal and gas expansion. We will post a Notice of Violation on the office door, for the public to see, specifying the action required to…