The Nationals appear to be the “only hope” as the Coalition discusses a roadmap to net-zero, according to Sky News host Peta Credlin.
The Coalition is moving closer to an agreement on a net-zero target, with pressure mounting on Australia to make the commitment ahead of the COP26 Climate Change Conference in Glasgow.
“But it isn't just the PM and Nationals Leader Barnaby Joyce in the hot-seat, so too corporate leaders, following the complete backflip from the Business Council of Australia,” Ms Credlin said.
“(The BCA) slammed Bill Shorten’s 2019 election plan for a 45 per cent emissions cut by 2030, calling it ‘economy wrecking’, but now itself is demanding a 45 to 50 per cent cut by 2030, and is also urging the Morrison government to immediately commit to net zero emissions by 2050.
“The BCA, which represents Australia's 100 or so biggest companies, claims that ‘circumstances have changed’ since then. Wrong; all that's changed is the politics.”
Ms Credlin said an “almost perfect storm” is being built for Prime Minister Scott Morrison on the issue, and it’s “far more than just a party room showdown”.
“There’s something far more important at stake here,” she said.
“Politicians with elastic principles and no conceivable convictions are what drive our despair about public life.
“While it might seem that Cabinet has forgotten that the Coalition was elected in 2013 to actually end Labor's emissions obsession, I have no doubt its supporters haven’t.”
