‘Sad’: Bank chief slams Australia’s political failure on net zero and energy

‘Sad’: Bank chief slams Australia’s political failure on net zero and energy

Amid an intense political debate over energy prices and net zero, one of the nation’s top bankers says the current state of play is sad.

Leaderships change, but Net Zero policy endures - Politics, Policy, Political Views

Since 2015, when an anaemic majority of Liberal MPs replaced Tony Abbott with Malcolm Turnbull, the establishment figures across the political spectrum have pursued the ideology Net Zero carbon emissions, which includes closing down domestic coal use. The battle for a rational energy policy was left to the minor parties – with Malcolm Roberts the most prominent – along with those peripheral to Coalition leadership, including Matt Canavan, Barnab…