Barnaby Joyce vows to wind back ‘lunatic crusade’ of net zero with private member’s bill

Coalition's decades-long brawl over climate change and energy policy laid bare as former deputy prime minister sends out clarion call on Facebook

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Barnaby Joyce has vowed to wind back the lunatic crusade" of net zero by 2050 in a private member's bill once parliament resumes later this month.

The former deputy prime minister and Nationals backbencher's clarion call on Friday afternoon laid bare the Coalition's decades-long brawl over climate change and energy policy.

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