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‘It’s a staring contest’: How emissions became a high-stakes standoff

‘It’s a staring contest’: How emissions became a high-stakes standoff

Despite seemingly irreconcilable differences, signs are growing that Chris Bowen, Adam Bandt and David Pocock will clinch a landmark emissions policy deal.

Politics is so often split between the public show and the private one. There’s the performative world dominated by blunt TV grabs and social media blasts. And there’s the quiet backroom work.

Nowhere was that gulf more apparent this week than around Labor’s cornerstone emissions reduction policy known as the safeguard mechanism.

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Jacob Greber
Jacob GreberSenior correspondentJacob Greber was The Australian Financial Review’s senior political correspondent. Connect with Jacob on Twitter. Email Jacob at jgreber@afr.com

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