‘Dump it, or we’ll dump you’: secretive consultancy group sends Liberal MPs barrage of emails over net zero policy

Opposition leader Sussan Ley and the shadow minister for energy Dan Tehan, who is reviewing the Coalition’s energy policy. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Liberal MPs have been sent a barrage of emails demanding they drop net zero targets or “risk losing our support” by a group connected to conservative right-wing lobby group Advance.

The mass emails, seen by Guardian Australia, have been sent to multiple Liberals by Whitestone Strategic, a secretive political consultancy group, and come as the Coalition reviews its energy policy.