Andrew Hastie says he would quit the shadow frontbench if the Liberals remain committed to a net zero by 2050 policy, spelling more trouble for Sussan Ley as the opposition leader looks to steady a rocky ship.

The shadow home affairs minister and Western Australian MP claimed the Albanese government’s target to reduce emissions to net zero on 2005 levels by 2050 in an appearance is being done in “the name of climate alarmism” on ABC Radio Perth on Monday. Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s demise shows the politics of grievance are a dead end for the Liberal party Read more

Hastie’s warning follows the sacking of Jacinta Nampijinpa Price from the shadow ministry last week after she declined to publicly support Ley or apologise for suggesting the federal government’s migration program favou

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