Overview
- Opposition Leader Sussan Ley will recall Liberal MPs to Canberra on Wednesday next week, convene a shadow cabinet meeting on Thursday, and hold a joint Coalition gathering on November 16 to land an energy policy.
- The Nationals have formally scrapped a net zero‑by‑2050 commitment, while Ley says the Liberals will decide their own position before the final sitting week and will not rely on captain’s calls.
- Party tensions remain sharp as conservatives urge dropping the target and moderates push to retain a Paris‑aligned pathway, with Jane Hume decrying a binary ‘net zero’ debate and Dan Tehan working on a compromise.
- Leadership pressure intensifies after Newspoll put the Coalition’s primary vote at 24% and Ley’s approval at about minus 33, with Andrew Hastie and Angus Taylor cited as likely challengers despite public expressions of support.
- The risk of wider rupture grows as NSW Nationals prepare to consider abandoning the 2050 timeline and former Liberals warn that ditching net zero would damage the party’s credibility in urban seats.