Article 5QM6E Nationals have ‘about a 95% chance’ of backing net zero, Darren Chester says

Nationals have ‘about a 95% chance’ of backing net zero, Darren Chester says

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Katharine Murphy, political editor
from World news | The Guardian on (#5QM6E)

The former minister says despite all his other faults, Barnaby Joyce can count, and the majority of the room is in favour of credible action'

Darren Chester has declared there's about a 95% chance" the Nationals will line up behind a net zero target because Barnaby Joyce can count, and the majority of the room is in favour of credible action".

The Victorian National, who is currently on a break from his party room because of escalating tensions with Joyce on a range of fronts, told ABC local radio on Tuesday he believed Scott Morrison would land the net zero commitment.

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