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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent

REVEALED: Green groups in last ditch bid to block uk s australia trade deal - The Real Truth

Scott Morrison and Boris Johnson
Australian prime minister Scott Morrison (left) with his UK counterpart Boris Johnson (right) in Downing Street in June 2021 before formally announcing a trade deal. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

Environmental campaigners have launched a last-ditch legal bid to prevent or delay the UK’s trade deal with Australia, owing to concerns over its impacts on the climate and the natural world.

A group of seven environmental and farming organisations has filed a formal complaint alleging that the UK government breached international law in signing the deal, which they fear is about to pass into law without any further in-depth parliamentary scrutiny.

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