Prime minister Anthony Albanese has secured a deal with the Greens to help Labor "guillotine" through dozens of bills on the final Senate day of the year.
Greens leader Adam Bandt met with Albanese on Thursday morning, resulting in a guarantee that no coal, oil and gas would be.
The agreement also included $500 million for social housing upgrades in exchange for the minor party's support on 27 bills on the last day that the Senate sits.
Bandt said that the party had saved approximately $1,800 a year on power bills and ensured "public money should not be used to make the climate crisis worse".
Greens leader Adam Bandt said the party had worked hard to ensure "Australia should not be a future for more coal and gas". Source: AAP / Mick Tsikas
What is a guillotine motion?
A guillotine motion, which allows bills to be voted on with minimal or no debate, passed the Senate with support from the Greens and several crossbenchers.
In an extraordinary day for parliament, the first guillotine will come into effect late afternoon, suspending debate for 30 bills and amendments.
All legislation, except the social media ban which has an hour of debate carved out, will proceed under these conditions.
The House of Representatives will return at 7am tomorrow to finalise the bills.
What bills are set to pass in the Senate as a result?
A key win for the Albanese government is the $22 billion Future Made in Australia package, which plans to invest in local manufacturing as the country transitions to net zero.
The government agreed to Greens amendments to the Build to Rent legislation, icnreasing the minimum lease term that must be offered to tenants under the scheme from three to five years.
As well as winning support from the Greens, the Coalition will vote with Labor to pass three controversial migration bills and ban 16 year old's from using social media.
Labor's plan to combine a trio of migration policies - helping it deport thousands of non-citizens to third countries, impose Trump-style travel bans and reverse protections for refugees - has been described by advocates as "brutal".
The suite of bills set to pass on Thursday night includes changes to superannuation, aged care reform, surveillance legislation and treasury law amendments.
Lambie attempts to block 'mother of all guillotines'
Independent senator Jacqui Lambie was unsuccessful in blocking the motion, arguing the government was rushing through legislation without proper debate.
She said the motion was "the mother of all guillotines" as it contained over 30 bills, revealing it was sent through late Wednesday night in a final bid by the government to pass legislation.
"You know its a problem when the guillotine is four pages long. And these aren't small bills, they aren't tweaks to the legislation that we can call non-controversial," she said on Thursday morning.
"They are big and they are massive. And they include bills that are so undercooked, and that putting it politely they're raw to the bone."
— With additional reporting by Rania Yallop.
