Murray Watt also thinks some time away (parliament rises after today and won’t sit for two weeks) might make the Greens and Coalition more open to doing a deal.

I think what’s important about the next fortnight when we’re out of Parliament is that it gives both the Coalition and the Greens an opportunity to [look at the laws].

That’s a bit hard for the Coalition at the moment. They’re very divided over net zero and I think that is getting in the way of their ability to really focus on these laws and understand the real benefits for business and it’s an opportunity for the Greens over the next fortnight to put aside to sort of blocking and spoiling games that they get up to while in Parliament and to notice and observe there’s really strong gains for the environment as well.

If you want to protect the environment, this is not great legislation. So a few issues there. The Coalition will do what is best for it but hasn’t quite worked that part out yet.