A push to ditch a climate change policy is viewed as the latest attempt to damage David Littleproud’s leadership of the Nationals by inflaming the Coalition’s energy debate.
A nuclear policy overhaul backed by a trio of Nationals MPs and a push to ditch the Coalition-backed net zero emissions target has intensifiedFormer deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce said he wants Australia to talk about building conventional nuclear plants, days after conservative Queenslanders Keith Pitt and Matt Canavan urged Coalition MPs in a private meeting to consider the merits of the technology.
The escalation in pro-nuclear advocacy comes as Joyce’s local party branch pushes to ditch the Coalition’s net zero emissions policy at Saturday’s conference of National Party delegates.The climate change mitigation policy is hated by right-wingers such as Pitt and Canavan. However, it is supported by Littleproud and politically important for Opposition Leader Peter Dutton to win the votes of those who worry about climate change. Dutton reaffirmed his commitment to net zero on Friday.
“Net zero by 2050, if it completely destroys our economy, is not something that should be entertained.”, and he and other experts rejected the push to switch focus from renewables to nuclear energy as implausible., to ditch the emissions target has drawn the attention of the Liberal leadership because of its ability to cast the Coalition as climate change deniers.
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