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A South Australian senator has urged the government to reconsider its position on the contentious national energy guarantee in order to address climate change.

Centre Alliance’s Rex Patrick told Sky News his party would “absolutely” be supportive of policies that improved Australia’s position.

“There are a number of policies that could have been implemented … There are some really easy things we could have done in relation to the national energy guarantee,” he said. “There are things like electric vehicles that could be brought in to basically get rid of a third of emissions. “But we seem to be resisting that change … the government is simply turning a blind eye.”

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