‘Heat deaths aren’t a thing’: Coalition MPs weighing net zero given sceptical briefing on climate science

Exclusive: Briefing by conservative think-tank Centre for Independent Studies was arranged by a Coalition backbench committee

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Coalition MPs weighing up whether to abandon net zero have been briefed on research that argued heat deaths aren't a thing", played down the prospect of substantial sea level rises and claimed no one has ever made low-cost energy" from wind and solar.

Guardian Australia has viewed slides from a presentation the conservative thinktank Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) gave to MPs in Canberra this week, along with the findings of private polling on net zero.