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Sussan Ley has confirmed the Liberal party has followed the Nationals’ lead by formally abandoning a firm net zero emissions target . Moderate MPs are still allowed to call lower emissions a “welcome outcome”, and Dan Tehan said unspecified “available technology” would help Australia to do its fair share to reduce emissions.

The political reaction was swift, with Sarah Hanson-Young calling the Liberals “a bunch of nutters” and Zali Steggall declaring the Coalition “unelectable” . The SA Liberal senator Andrew McLachlan wrote for the Guardian that “you cannot claim to be of the right of politics and shy away from targets that hold you to account”.

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