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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Antoun Issa

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National party leader David Littleproud (right) with Barnaby Joyce.
National party leader David Littleproud (right) with Barnaby Joyce. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Good afternoon. The Nationals could backflip on their commitment to net zero emissions by 2050 if a push led by Barnaby Joyce at the party’s federal conference this weekend succeeds.

A motion submitted by Joyce’s federal electorate council in New England calls on the parliamentary party room to “abolish its policy of net zero by 2050” – a push that has alarmed moderate Liberals and is seen internally as an attempt to destabilise the leadership of David Littleproud.

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