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War of words heats up amid Liberals' climate battle

Two Liberals have gone head-to-head over speculation about Sussan Ley's leadership as the coalition prepares to finalise its approach to climate change.

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Crisafulli declares end to ‘cannoli diplomacy’ with Albanese over lack of hospital funding – as it happened

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Liberals risk joining 'baddies' with fossil-fuel push

Australia cannot pull out of the Paris Agreement, a Liberal frontbencher has declared, as his party prepares to face off over climate and energy policy.

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Kellie Sloane is tipped to replace Mark Speakman as NSW Liberal leader. That should make life tougher for Chris Minns

Sloane, an ex-journalist, is good at delivering lines. But if the state Coalition tears itself apart over net zero, she could be left talking up a fractured opposition

The Guardian - AU

Own goal: why the Nationals’ retreat on net zero would be bad economics

Australia’s National Party has ended its commitment to reaching net zero by 2050.

The Conversation

Padres Hire Ex-Pitcher Craig Stammen As Next Manager

He pitched for San Diego for six seasons.

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Greens prepare to tear environment reforms 'to shreds'

Hopes for quick Senate passage of sweeping environment reforms appear set to be dashed with the Greens claiming they have been written for "big business".

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High-stakes meetings to thrash out Liberal energy plan

The Liberals and Nationals are a step closer to formalising their approach to energy and climate policy, with a series of crucial meetings scheduled.

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‘Nationals-lite’: former Liberal president says party would be ‘rewarding standover tactics’ if net zero dumped

Exclusive: Jason Falinski says cutting net zero would tell young Australians ‘we have given up’ and could have negative impact at next election

The Guardian - AU

Academics say their net zero costing is being ‘misrepresented’ after Nationals repeat $9tn claim

Researchers behind report cited by some in the Coalition say their work is based on various assumptions – largely involving cost to overseas customers, not Australians

The Guardian - AU

Coalition voters flirt with 'anti-woke' One Nation

Many older coalition voters are fleeing Sussan Ley's iteration of the Liberal Party, leading to record polling highs for a resurgent One Nation.

AAP

Give Ley clear air, former Nats leader tells colleagues

Coalition MPs are being urged to let their leader do her job amid fevered leadership speculation and an ongoing spat over climate and energy policy.

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Federal corruption watchdog investigating about 40 matters – as it happened

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Liberals caution Ley against 'Nationals-lite' backdown

Leading moderate Liberals are urging Opposition Leader Sussan Ley to retain a net-zero pledge as she canvasses dumping the target to keep the coalition united.

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Littleproud says the world is ‘re-pivoting’ on net zero commitments – but is that just spin?

The Nationals argue the 2050 emissions target is already causing financial pain and the rest of the world is walking away from it. Neither of these things is true

The Conversation

View from The Hill: Unmoored Ley has the appearance of a dead woman walking

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley is looking like a dead woman walking.

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Warning for Liberals on net zero as axing calls grow

A push to dump a major climate policy threatens to consign the coalition to even more years in the political wilderness as the Liberals close in on a decision.

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Optus customer who reported triple-zero outage told to go to store – as it happened

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Coalition support plunges further amid climate fighting

A dire poll is putting Opposition Leader Sussan Ley under pressure as the coalition thrashes out its approach to energy and climate change.

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View from The Hill: Nationals dump net zero – say Australia shouldn’t cut emissions faster than comparable countries

Once again, the Nationals have got out in front of the Liberals on a key issue, this time net zero, announcing on Sunday they were dumping their commitment to it.

The Guardian - AU

Sussan Ley under pressure as Nationals formally scrap net zero target

David Littleproud says he informed the Liberal leader days ago of the policy position his party was considering

AAP

Nationals ditch net zero as Liberals ponder policy

The Nationals say Australia's climate targets are driving up power prices and shutting down industry but their coalition partner isn't yet on board.

The Guardian - AU

Nationals members vote to ditch net zero target from party platform

Policy position diverging from senior Coalition partner expected to be formalised at Nationals partyroom meeting on Sunday morning

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Nationals council ditches net zero from policy platform

The Nationals federal council has voted to abandon achieving net zero emissions from the party platform as MPs are poised to finalise their position on climate.

The Guardian - AU

Liberals hold cordial party room after public brawling but chasm on net zero remains

Regional and metropolitan MPs at loggerheads as members warned not to ‘verbal’ each other over the issue

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