Coalition pitches ‘affordable and responsible’ energy plan as Ley flags immigration as next policy battleground
by Tom McIlroy political editor from Environment | The Guardian on (#71GGZ)
Nationals and Liberals agree on new emissions plan after joint party room as opposition leader promises new immigration policy within weeks
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A future Coalition government would strip emissions reductions from the objectives of the electricity market operator, focusing instead on lowering consumer power prices, and track cuts achieved by similar nations to form Australia's carbon targets.
Coalition MPs endorsed the plan in a special partyroom meeting on Sunday afternoon, days after conservative Liberals engineered moves to drop net zero by 2050 policies to match their junior partner, the Nationals.
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