EXCLUSIVE | Victoria’s Liberal opposition has shifted its stance on climate change, saying it now supports a net-zero emissions target by 2050. “We are not the party of 2018,” newbury3186 said. | paulsakkal |
when it ran a campaign that included opposition to the government’s net zero target. “Being ambitious about the environment is being ambitious about the state’s future.Mr Newbury expressed admiration for NSW Liberal Treasurer and former, who has adopted aggressive climate change targets, including a 50 per cent emissions reduction by 2030, and has said his state could phase out coal-fired power by that year.
“I’m concerned that between now and 2050 the government has provided no certainty to industry on interim targets other than by tweets or single sentences in speeches … How do we get [to net zero]?” Mr Newbury asked. The Liberal Party, which sees itself as the party for business, would work more closely with the private sector and accept targets because governments should set thresholds to measure their performance, just like a business would, he said.
“I haven’t seen an unequivocal Liberal Party position on decarbonisation, and it sounds like they have one now,” he said, adding that it would be beneficial to enshrine interim targets in legislation.The Liberals will also need to manage the concerns of community groups in western Victoria who, along with a number of Victorian Liberal MPs, do not support a. A protest against the powerlines will be held at state Parliament on Tuesday.
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