NSW environment minister urges moderate Liberals to push the party harder on net zero
by Katharine Murphy Political editor from on (#5Q822)
Matt Kean says Matt Canavan and George Christensen never worry about rocking the boat, so why should progressive, economically rational Liberals not do likewise?'
The New South Wales environment minister Matt Kean has called on fellow Liberal moderates in Canberra to replicate the forceful lobbying of National MPs, and insist that Scott Morrison takes a net zero target to the Cop26 in Glasgow.
Kean has warned in an interview with Guardian Australia's politics podcast that traditional Liberal voters are prepared to rise up against Liberal governments failing to take ambitious action to reduce emissions and transition to a sustainable economy.
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