Malcom Turnbull accuses Liberals of ‘Trumpian campaign against renewables’ after party dumps net zero
Climate groups call backflip a ‘disaster’ while moderate Liberals worry about impact on winning back urban electorates The former Liberal prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says his party’s decision to dump a net zero emissions target shows it “does not take climate change seriously”,...
<p>Climate groups call backflip a ‘disaster’ while moderate Liberals worry about impact on winning back urban electorates </p><p>The former Liberal prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says his party’s decision to dump a net zero emissions target shows it “does not take climate change seriously”, accusing the opposition of “a Trumpian campaign against renewables.”</p><p>But while moderate sources are alarmed about the impact on winning back or retaining urban electorates, and climate groups called the backflip a “disaster”, the Liberal decision <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/13/liberal-party-net-zero-policy-meeting-debate-decision">to scrap their own 2050 target and unwind Labor’s 2035 and renewable energy pledges</a> has been praised by conservative MPs and campaigners.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/13/malcom-turnbull-accuses-liberals-of-trumpian-campaign-against-renewables-after-party-dumps-net-zero">Continue reading...</a>
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