Deal and no deal

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Deal and no deal

Labor and the Greens have struck a deal on the government’s $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund, with the former agreeing to an amendment ensuring the fund can’t be used for coal and gas or native forest logging. It means the off-budget manufacturing fund will likely pass the Senate despite the Coalition’s opposition, assuming at least two independent senators are on board. All three parties are attempting to spin this.