With only 14 days until the government's fatally flawed emissions trading scheme returns to the parliament, neither the Prime Minister nor the Minister for Climate Change have made any attempt to secure the bills' passage through the Senate.
"If Mr Rudd and Minister Wong have any real intention to pass an emissions trading scheme bill in a fortnight's time, they had better get cracking negotiating its passage," Australian Greens Deputy Leader, Senator Christine Milne said.
"With no prospect of getting Mr Abbott's support, the government must either work with the Greens or acknowledge that bringing the legislation back a third time is purely a political stunt.
"Since the collapse of the bills a second time in December, we have written twice inviting the government to negotiate around our proposed amendments.
"Minister Wong, however, apparently prefers to misrepresent the Greens' position on negotiations than engage in constructive negotiations.
"Far from the Greens being intransigent on the critical issue of emissions reduction targets as Minister Wong has repeatedly claimed, it is the government that has refused to engage in any negotiations until the Greens sign up to their woeful targets. That is not good faith negotiation.
"The government already has its double dissolution election trigger, so the only legitimate reason to bring the bills back is to make a serious attempt to pass them.
"Bringing back the version amended by the former Liberal leadership and rejected by the current leadership, and refusing to negotiate with other players in the Senate, is pure political posturing.
"The CPRS as it stands would pay polluters to keep polluting, hiding inaction with smoke and mirrors. It would undermine global action with its weak target, a target which, once set, would be impossible to lift without paying more billions in compensation. It would demoralise and disempower the community and it would repeat the mistakes of the Murray River, over-allocating permits. The Greens cannot and will not support the scheme as it stands.
"We Greens will be using the coming fortnight constructively, putting forward proposals to break the deadlock on climate action.
"Our policies would help Australian householders save money and save energy. We would get Australia moving towards a jobs-rich, clean energy future."