10 September 2026
Three Greens senators to cross floor amid internal brawl over contentious koala park plan

Party will back plan to allow big industry to use a new koala national park in NSW to offset its climate pollution, but three senators will dissent A controversial plan to allow big industry to use a new koala national park in New South Wales to offset its climate pollution is expected to go ahead after the Greens reached a deal with Labor, and decided not to vote with the Coalition to block it. But three Greens – Tasmanians Nick McKim, Vanessa Bleyer and Western Australia’s Jordon Steele-John – declared they would cross the floor to oppose the deal on Thursday afternoon.
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