Coalition reboots controversial inquiry into Australian banks' climate policies
by Katharine Murphy Political editor from Environment | The Guardian on (#5DZ9W)
Sources say resources minister Keith Pitt is trying to strengthen' the inquiry that stalled after backbench Liberals pushed back
The federal resources minister, Keith Pitt, has broadened the terms of reference for a controversial inquiry into the climate policies of banks and insurers, writing to the joint standing committee on trade and investment growth asking that it now investigate finance for all export industries.
Amid public tensions between Nationals and Liberals about Scott Morrison's positive but non-committal signalling on a net zero emissions target by 2050, sources have told Guardian Australia Pitt is attempting to strengthen" and reboot an inquiry that stalled at the end of last year.
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