Trent Zimmerman tells debate that moderate MPs ‘prevailed’ over Barnaby Joyce on net zero emmissions
He also disagreed with Nationals MP Matt Canavan’s comment that“Thankfully [Canavan’s comments are] not the government policy. I took a position, along with a number of my colleagues, for net zero by 2050 and we fought really hard for it.”
Thursday’s debate, which also included Labor’s candidate in North Sydney, Catherine Renshaw, saw both major party candidates target Tink on who she would support in the event of a hung parliament. Zimmerman and Renshaw seized on the refusal to say who she would support, with the Labor candidate saying it was “fundamental” to the independent’s integrity.
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