Overview
- Senator Andrew Bragg said he would resign from the shadow cabinet if colleagues abandon the Paris Agreement or any net zero commitment.
- Opposition energy spokesman Dan Tehan called parts of the debate "semantics" and promoted "energy abundance" via extended coal plant operations and more gas, not ruling out subsidies.
- Sussan Ley has recalled Liberal MPs to Canberra from Wednesday, with a joint Coalition party room on 16 November to finalise an agreed position.
- The Nationals have already scrapped support for net zero, intensifying pressure on Liberal deliberations.
- Liberals are weighing options including retaining net zero without a date, pushing the target beyond 2050, or dropping the term entirely, as moderates warn of electoral and international consequences.