Greens want VW Australia to face Senate committee over emissions

Party also pushes for Australia's vehicle emissions standards to be tightened to be brought into line with European levels

The Greens will attempt to bring Volkswagen executives in front of MPs to answer questions about the emissions scandal as the government ponders its options to tighten Australia's vehicle emissions standards.

VW Australia has announced a voluntary recall of its cars fitted with software that cheats emissions tests. More than 77,000 VW and Skoda models, and 14,000 Audi vehicles, have the software.