Australia’s bipartisan support for its key international climate pledge is under threat as the Nationals seek a deal in return for maintaining their support for a net zero emissions policy.
Australia’s bipartisan support for its key international climate pledge is under threat as the Nationals seek a multibillion-dollar deal in return for backing net zero emissions, reopening deep Coalition wounds over the need to switch from coal and gas to clean energy.
Littleproud said the shadow cabinet was about to begin work on a package of rural and regional funding so the Nationals could recommit to supporting a move to net zero emissions by 2050. The Nationals argue regional communities will be subjected to the greatest disruption in the economic transition to net zero and Littleproud warned anyIn a veiled swipe at Joyce, twice a former leader of the Nationals and still a focus of leadership speculation in the party, Littleproud emphasised his achievement in helping secure Liberal backing for nuclear energy.
The opposition’s looming policies on building nuclear power plants have altered the economic trade-off for Coalition MPs worried about the price of lowering emissions. If the nation were to embrace a nuclear future, which energy and economics experts have cast doubt on, the Coalition would likely keep coal and gas online for longer.
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