John Hewson urges Liberal conscience vote on climate emergency motion
by Katharine Murphy Political editor from Environment | The Guardian on (#4Q1Y3)
The former Liberal leader is championing crossbench bill and argues 'it was an emergency 30 years ago'
The former Liberal leader John Hewson has called on Scott Morrison to grant government MPs a conscience vote on a new parliamentary motion declaring a climate emergency.
Hewson, who will join MPs on Wednesday to champion the new parliamentary motion which is being pursued by the Greens and is supported by most of the lower house crossbench, told Guardian Australia there was no controversy associated with declaring a climate emergency in 2019, "because my view is it was an emergency 30 years ago".
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