One of the justifications the Liberal and National parties have made for abandoning the target of net zero by 2050 is that the policy will cost too much.
For example, the Nationals leader, David Littleproud, erroneously said: “The cost of net zero by 2050 will be $9tn … That will put things like Medicare and NDIS at risk.”
On Wednesday, the Liberal senator Leah Blyth said: “I don’t think that we can be stewards of the environment if we can’t afford it.”
