The direction of Nationals climate and energy policy could soon be decided at a special party room meeting called to discuss the hot-button issue.
Leader David Littleproud and his colleagues will meet in Canberra amid speculation they will follow the lead of the party's federal council, which voted on Saturday to ditch support for net-zero emissions from its platform.
The outcome of the party room meeting has not been predetermined but Mr Littleproud was sharply critical of the pursuit of net zero while "the rest of the world is pivoting".
"We can't mitigate for the world," he told reporters on Saturday.
"We'll peg ourselves to the rest of the world, not streak ahead of them, but stick with them."
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese chose not to remark directly on the possibility of a Nat

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