Greens Go Full Tree-Hugger: Forests vs. Fossil Fuel Fallout

KEY POINTS

•Top End residents stay sheltered during cyclone threats while nature law talks heat up.
•Greens' Sarah Hanson-Young urgently calls to protect native forests amid rising species endangerment.
•The government tries concessions to sway Greens to support nature laws, with talks involving Mark Speakman.
•Sarah decided to commit after intense chats, criticizing billions spent on subsidizing forest destruction.

In a thriller that screams 2025 but feels like the sequel to 'The Great Forest Debate: Sue for Our Lives,' Sarah Hanson-Young of the Greens just dropped climate truth bombs on ABC. She wants to end 3 more years of native forest destruction, despite billions in taxpayer handouts helping make Aussie trees toast. With over 2,000 endangered species apparently RSVP’d to extinction, Sarah had a heart-to-heart with friend-foe Mark Speakman—yes, that Mark—who apparently softened her like a defrosting eucalyptus leaf just days before negotiations. Stay tuned for more drama as Darwin braces in cyclone mode, but Sarah's locked in like a tree's roots—maybe.