Conservative Liberals watching Trump's lead on climate, key backbencher says

Craig Kelly, who chairs backbench committee on environment and energy, says he thinks Paris agreement is 'cactus'

Australia will need to review its participation in the Paris agreement on climate change if Donald Trump follows through with his threat to withdraw from the treaty, according to the chair of the Turnbull government's backbench committee on environment and energy.

Craig Kelly told Guardian Australia on Wednesday he'd predicted immediately after Trump's election that the Paris climate deal was "cactus" and he stood by that assessment.