A senior member of Sussan Ley’s shadow cabinet has warned he could quit the frontbench if the Coalition does not abandon its support for net zero, in a fresh test of the opposition leader’s authority just days after she sacked senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price.

West Australian MP Andrew Hastie told ABC Radio Perth on Monday that he would consider quitting the frontbench, or that he could be sacked by Ley because he believes the opposition should dump the targets.

Ley ordered a review of the Coalition’s climate policy by her energy spokesman, Dan Tehan, after the disastrous 2025 election in which the Peter Dutton-led opposition promised to build up to seven nuclear power stations to meet Australia’s commitment to net zero emissions by 2050.

During the interview, he was asked what he would

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