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The Coalition is still in the middle of a fight over the future of its energy policy, with big fractures between members over whether the 2050 net zero target should be kept.
The party is working towards something of a compromise, but there are a few moderates who don’t want that target to change – including shadow housing minister Andrew Bragg.
Look, I think we’ll get there on net zero. I know there’s a lot of interest in it. I think ultimately there’s an ability there for the coalition to do this much better than labor. Labor’s net zero [policy] has been a disaster…
I think we could do net zero better than Labor in terms of emissions and cost and environmental protection, but you’ve got to keep net zero.
I know that you probably find it all very interesting to talk about, but we do have a culture of openness in the Liberal Party and the National Party, and we seem to talk about a lot of things. I mean, frankly, I wonder what the nation will talk about if the Liberal Party died, because I think we’d sort of run out of things to discuss.
Communities around the country are trying to focus and talk about the issues that matter to them, not try to make some fake news thing out of a T-shirt the prime minister gets wearing off a plane. It’s ridiculous.
Look, there’s a lot to legitimately criticise the prime minister about trillion dollar debt, skyrocketing house prices and job losses in our heavy industrial sector wearing a T-shirt is not one of them … So yeah, get on with acting on antisemitism.
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Author : Krishani Dhanji
Publish date : 2025-10-28 21:09:00
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