Josh Frydenberg targets Labor candidates opposed to new coalmines

Resources minister says candidates are challenging Bill Shorten's authority on coal and Adani's Carmichael mine

The resources minister, Josh Frydenberg, has taken aim at a number of outspoken Labor candidates who oppose new coalmines and called on Bill Shorten to clarify the party's position.

The Courier-Mail has reported Labor's candidate for North Sydney, Peter Hayes, tweeted: "[Australia's] defence of coal mining and export is in the same league as heroin poppy cultivation and exports elsewhere!"