Scott Morrison's hard-won climate change truce within the Coalition has been upended as prominent Nationals say the 2050 net zero emissions target is “dead” and criticise a billion-dollar push into hydrogen micksfoley NickToscano1 | ausvotes auspol
Scott Morrison’s hard-won peace on climate change within the Coalition has erupted in the election campaign as prominent Nationals insist the 2050 net zero emissions target is “dead” and criticise the government’s billion-dollar push into hydrogen infrastructure.
“Our commitment to net zero by 2050 is a commitment of the Australian government that I made in Glasgow. It is the government’s absolute policy,” Morrison said on Tuesday.The rift opened up between the Liberals and Nationals on the same day one of Australia’s largest coal miners warned that Labor’s emissions policy could amount to a carbon tax on the sector.
Canavan told the ABC international support for net zero “has absolutely gone” and questioned the Coalition’s $1 billion clean energy push into hydrogen power. The Coalition announced $275 million in funding for new hydrogen hubs in Townsville and Gladstone on Tuesday.“We don’t need hydrogen, hydrogen hubs is not [sic] going to defend us against military bases in the Solomon Islands,” he told Sky News. “We need reliable power now.
who are campaigning for stronger emissions reduction targets in Kooyong and Goldstein in Victoria. In NSW they are running in Wentworth, Mackellar and North Sydney.
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