Barnaby Joyce and Keith Pitt call on Coalition to abandon Paris agreement as Albanese says Dutton ‘all negativity and no plan’
by Karen Middleton from on (#6NDJV)
Former Nationals leader says aspirations have to take a secondary position to the economic reality' after Peter Dutton said he would oppose government's targets
Former Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce and Morrison cabinet colleague Keith Pitt have called for the Coalition to abandon the Paris global climate change agreement and related emissions reduction targets, as the prime minister accused opposition leader Peter Dutton of walking away from climate action.
Dutton has said he would oppose the government's target of a 43% cut to 2005-level emissions by 2030, telling the Australian newspaper there was no sense in signing up to targets you don't have any prospect of achieving".
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