Queensland Nationals MP Keith Pitt and Senate colleague Matt Canavan want climate and energy policies that replicate those of the Republican president-elect
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Pressure has re-emerged within the federal Coalition to dump its commitment to net zero emissions by 2050 after Donald Trump’s re-election in the United States.
The Queensland Nationals MP Keith Pitt and Senate colleague Matt Canavan have spoken out in favour of climate and energy policies that replicate those of the Republican president-elect and are more dramatically different to those of the Albanese government.
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