#AndrewHastie says he would #quit the #COALition #frontbench if the #Liberals remain committed to a net zero by 2050 policy, spelling more trouble for #SussanLey as the opposition leader looks to steady a rocky ship.

The shadow home affairs minister & Western Australian MP claimed on Monday night that the #Albanese government’s target to #reduceemissions to net zero on 2005 levels by 2050 is being done in “the name of climate alarmism”. #auspol

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@John someone tell the fucker that it's only a real threat if he resigns his seat and wins the bye-election as an independent.

"I'm not going to help" isn't a meaningful threat given what he's doing right now. Or is the threat that from the backbench he'll be even more free to sabotage the Liberal Party?