Matt Canavan says Labor’s climate plan is ‘revenge on Queensland’, but the facts tell a different story | Temperature Check

The scheme that the Nationals senator says will leave Queensland marooned' was actually designed and introduced by the Coalition

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Australia's climate wars may not be over but, as key targets and policies from the two main parties are now out, there does appear to be a quietening of the political gunfire.

But Queensland coalition senator Matt Canavan was still looking to fire shots, with a front page claim that Labor's new climate policy constituted revenge" on his home state.