Key Points
- Sussan Ley is facing a new test on the party’s policies to deal with climate change.
- One of the Opposition leader’s frontbenchers has threatened to move to the backbench over the issue.
- Another Liberal has criticised adopting net zero “at any cost”.
“While they’ll (Labor) tell us how much it costs not to act, they won’t tell Australians how much it costs to act.”
“Net zero at any cost is something that only stupid people would pursue.”
Liberal MP Jonathon Duniam (right) says his colleague Andrew Hastie (left) is “a man of integrity and one who is consistent about his views” on climate policy. Source: AAP / Mick Tsikas
On Monday, Hastie said he was prepared to quit the Coalition frontbench or face sacking if his party didn’t drop its 2050 net-zero emissions target. The party is currently reviewing the policy.
Labor frontbencher Pat Conroy rejected Canavan’s claims, telling ABC Radio National breakfast on Thursday that Nationals senator was “symptomatic of an opposition that’s woefully out of place, out of touch with both the science and the views of the Australian people”.
