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Zac de Silva, Tess Ikonomou, Jacob Shteyman and Dominic Giannini

Liberals promise more coal and gas under climate policy

Dan Tehan and Sussan Ley committed to emissions reductions but not to the net-zero target. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

More taxpayer money would be poured into coal and gas power plants under a plan to dump Australia's climate targets put forward by the federal opposition.

Liberal leader Sussan Ley has promised to scrap the government's commitment to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 if her party wins the next election, claiming the move would lead to cheaper energy bills for households and businesses.

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