Shadow home affairs minister Andrew Hastie has refused to back away from his warning that he could quit the Liberal frontbench if the party adopts Labor’s Net Zero by 2050 policy.

Mr Hastie, who has long opposed emissions reduction targets, said his stance was consistent with the position he first outlined to workers in his WA electorate back in 2018.

“I was on the back of a Ute with a bullhorn, and I made it very clear about my views on the Paris agreement,” he told Sky News First Edition.

“So, this is very consistent for me . . . if you’ve come out very strongly for a position on energy for example, and you lose the debate, well that makes your position untenable.”

Mr Hastie argued the Liberals should not “accept Labor’s framing” of the debate and insisted energy security and afforda

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