A war has erupted within the Coalition over the government's climate policy as prominent Nationals insist the 2050 net zero emissions target is dead. climatechange netzero climateemergency auspol ausvotes news australiannews liberal nationals
Senior government figures are denying a split between the Liberals and Nationals over climate change, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison insisting the commitment to reaching net zero emissions by 2050 is not up for negotiation.that net zero “is all sort of dead”, saying other countries weren’t on track to reach that position.Credit:“My assessment, for what it’s worth, is the rest of the world is doing nothing to go towards net-zero emissions.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg – who as the energy minister under Turnbull drew up some of the many doomed iterations of the Coalition’s emissions reduction policy – insisted the net zero commitment was one “that is clear, that is firm and that is non-negotiable”.Other senior Nationals MPs, including former leader Michael McCormack and agriculture minister David Littleproud have been publicly repudiating Canavan’s comments.“The National Party party room is the majority, not Matt Canavan.
Morrison labelled Labor’s plans to use the existing safeguards mechanism to reduce emissions from the nation’s largest polluters a “sneaky carbon tax”. The opposition’s climate and energy spokesman, Chris Bowen, Labor’s climate and energy spokesman, said the comments from ministers were a “lazy, toxic scare campaign that the Liberals and Nationals have been addicted to for 20 years”.