‘Focus on empathy’: Barnaby Joyce criticises Matt Canavan over Afghanistan comments

Nationals leader tells Queensland senator fall of Kabul and fight over climate change policy are disparate issues and should not be conflated'

The Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce has criticised his friend" and outspoken colleague Matt Canavan for asking whether the Taliban would sign up Afghanistan to a net zero carbon emissions policy.

As Afghans sought to flee the capital after insurgents stormed the presidential palace in Kabul on Monday, the Queensland Nationals senator took to Twitter to ask: Does anyone know whether the Taliban will sign up to net zero?"