Article 2WR0E Barnaby Joyce calls for energy compromise but says Labor must shift on coal

Barnaby Joyce calls for energy compromise but says Labor must shift on coal

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Naaman Zhou
from Environment | The Guardian on (#2WR0E)

Deputy prime minister says Australia has a 'moral responsibility' to provide the world with energy from exported fossil fuels

Barnaby Joyce has told a clean energy summit that coal is crucial to Australia's energy policy, saying the government has "a moral responsibility" to provide the world with the energy from exported fossil fuels.

Speaking in Sydney on Tuesday, the Nationals leader met Bill Shorten's offer of bipartisanship around a clean energy target with his own call for compromise.

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