While, campaigning alongside the prime minister, Nationals MP for Capricornia Michelle Landry told Senator Canavan to toe the party line on climate policy.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers campaigning on day 17 of the election campaignPrime Minister Scott Morrison says internal division within the coalition about climate change has been resolved after a Nationals senator criticised the government's emission targets.
Shadow treasurer Jim Chalmers said the government was lying about climate as a distraction to coalition division on net-zero. Labor announced its plan for the budget on Wednesday, should the opposition win office, claiming working families would live more comfortably under their leadership. "Only Labor has a plan for beyond the election to make sure that there are more opportunities for more people and working families can get ahead in this country," Dr Chalmers told reporters in Canberra.
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