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Greens open to backing Labor’s 43% emissions target but demand ban on new coal projects

Posted: 16 Jul 2022 08:38 PM PDT

Adam Bandt says his party willing to negotiate but concerned the legislation 'would create a ceiling on emissions reduction'

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The Greens leader, Adam Bandt, has signalled his party is open to backing the government's 43% emissions reduction target, but says there are "problems" with the bill as he digs in on his demand that new coal and gas projects be banned.

The Liberal party appeared set to vote against Labor's emissions target, with the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, raising concerns about enshrining the reduction in legislation. This would mean the Greens are now crucial to the success of the bill.

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Documenta 15: Germany art fair chief resigns amid outrage over anti-Semitic works

Posted: 16 Jul 2022 07:07 PM PDT

Board expresses 'profound dismay' at exhibits German government and Jewish groups say went too far

The director general of Documenta, one of the world's biggest art fairs, has been forced to resign following outrage over anti-Semitic exhibits upon opening in Germany last month.

Documenta, which every five years turns the sleepy German city of Kassel into the centre of the art world, features more than 1,500 participants and – for the first time since its launch in 1955 – had been curated by a collective, Indonesia's Ruangrupa.

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