Sky News contributor Scott Emerson says there “obviously” are “splits within the coalition” over climate change, and more specifically coal-fired power, but the divide is “often … between regional and city MPs”.
Mr Emerson told Sky News host Peter Gleeson the “divide in the party room” exists over a dispute
on whether “government money should go into coal fired power stations". Image: News Corp Australia
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