‘Bible of the bush’ urges party to concede global heating is real as Darren Chester compares Joyce’s boast about retaining seats to a surgeon saying an operation succeeded when ‘the patient died’
An editorial in the Weekly Times has delivered a rare sharp rebuke to Barnaby Joyce post-election, urging him and theto concede climate change is real and will affect all parts of the country, not just “leafy suburbs” in the city.
“But what must happen first is a concession from the deniers that climate change is real and will affect all parts of the country, not just the leafy suburbs of Melbourne and other capital cities.” He warned the Nationals were a drag on the Liberals’ votes in cities and rejected his leader’s suggestion the party did well to hold all their seats.
Chester said he was currently canvassing support for leadership, though he is unlikely to have the numbers, particularly among National MPs in Queensland.McCormack and Chester represent a split between south-eastern National MPs who want a softer stance on issues such as climate change and the northern Nationals and LNP members in Queensland, including Joyce, who have been more sceptical.
Outgoing resources minister and Queensland MP Keith Pitt said he would back in Joyce as leader and said it was too early look at lessons from the elections while postal votes were still being counted. But exit polls done in key marginals found climate and environment policy was the top issue for voters in those electorates.
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