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VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, JUL 28 – Barnaby Joyce leads Nationals in a bid to repeal the 2050 net-zero target, citing harm to jobs and regional communities amid ongoing Coalition climate policy reviews.
- In the first sitting week of the 48th Parliament, Barnaby Joyce, Deputy Prime Minister and Nationals MP, introduced a private member's bill to repeal Australia’s 2050 net-zero target, marking the first legislation from Coalition benches this term.
- Amid post-election party reviews, Coalition MPs are reassessing policies after the May 3 election, with Joyce’s campaign backed by McCormack aiming to repeal net zero.
- A landmark court advisory opinion by the ICJ emphasizes legal obligations for countries to address climate harms, amid growing global commitments and warnings to limit warming below 1.5°C.
- Within the Nationals, some MPs will decide their stance, and Nationals leader David Littleproud downplayed that Joyce’s bill undermines his authority.
- The Albanese government is considering Australia’s next round of emissions reduction targets as Sussan Ley convenes a working group to develop policy based on the best available science to meet Paris Agreement objectives.
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Go big on climate plans, Labor MPs tell Albanese, as net zero fight rages
A leading economist has called for Albanese to introduce a carbon tax to save the transition as the Coalition’s fight over net zero ramps up.
·Sydney, Australia
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National MP Sparks Net Zero Split With Repeal Push
Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce has introduced a bill in the House of Representatives to repeal Australia’s legislated net zero emissions targets, describing the policy as economically damaging and globally ineffective. “Net zero is going to have absolutely no effect on the climate whatsoever,” Joyce told Parliament, arguing that countries like China, India, Indonesia, the United States, Southeast Asia, Africa, and the Middle East were not “participa…
·New York, United States
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