Under serious threat from a Climate 200-backed challenger, Liberal MP Trent Zimmerman said he stood up to hard right Coalition MPs on climate
Moderate Liberals “prevailed” over Nationals’ leader Barnaby Joyce and hard-right elements of the Coalition on a plan for Australia to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050, according toUnder fire over the Morrison government’s record on climate change during a candidates debate on Thursday, Mr Zimmerman acknowledged the Liberals and Nationals hadn’t always been perfect but saidLabor’s Catherine Renshaw, Liberal MP Trent Zimmerman and Independent Kylea Tink debate on Thursday.
“The Prime Minister is on my side on this and not Matt Canavan’s,” Mr Zimmerman told the debate at the North Sydney Oval. Mr Zimmerman challenged her over her calls for a clear and actionable plan to reduce Australia’s carbon emissions by at least 60 per cent by 2030.“We need to move faster,” she said. “We need to move faster. I’ve said from the beginning [the target should be] between 50 and 60 per cent. But I believe if the Business Council of Australia has come out and said they’d like 50 per cent, we should set on something that is more ambitious.
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