Coalition MPs weighing up whether to abandon net zero have been briefed on research that argued “heat deaths aren’t a thing”, played down the prospect of substantial sea level rises and claimed “no one has ever made low-cost energy” from wind and solar.

Guardian Australia has viewed slides from a presentation the conservative thinktank Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) gave to MPs in Canberra this week, along with the findings of private polling on net zero.

The briefing was arranged by a Coalition backbench committee and aimed to inform internal debate on policies, including the contentious climate target. Barnaby Joyce’s walkout and endless net zero rehashing? The Nationals are ‘having a normal one’ Read more

The “net zero voter research” presented to MPs found 32% of 1,010 res

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