Opposition Leader Sussan Ley is preparing to formally dump the Liberal Party’s pledge to reach net zero emissions by 2050, overriding warnings from her campaign boss and city-based MPs about losing support in suburbs where the party has been all but wiped out.

About 60 per cent of Liberals spoke in favour of rejecting the Morrison-era target in a nearly five-hour meeting of party MPs on Wednesday, representing a decisive majority and clearing the path for Ley to take the fight to Labor with a radically reshaped energy policy.

The talkfest went some way to ending speculation about which side of the party had the numbers after weeks of torturous debate on the perennially tricky policy. Crucially, deputy leader Ted O’Brien, Ley’s chief factional ally Alex Hawke and key leadership rival Angu

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