Opposition Leader Sussan Ley announced on Thursday that the Liberal Party was dropping its commitment to net zero and said a future Liberal government would repeal Australia’s present legislated 2030 and 2050 targets for reducing emissions.
After a meeting of the Liberal shadow ministers, Ley told a news conference: “We are not pursuing net zero, we are pursuing energy affordability and emissions reduction”.
In a fig leaf for the moderates who have fought the dropping of net zero, she said “while it is not our policy […] net zero would be welcome if we can get there with technology, with choice and with voluntary markets”.
