From a lump of coal to net-zero: Morrison’s climate makeover
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The Australian Institute's New Survey Reveals 69 % of Voters Want the Government to Commit to Net Zero
A new survey shows 75% of australians are worried about the climate crisis. The survey also found 69 % of voters want the government to put australia on a path to net zero. Those kinds of numbers just out influencing the corporate and editorial strategy of news corp. They're also weighing heavily on prime minister scott morrison. He's got liberal m ps in city seats pushing him to adopt nit zero, including his own treasurer, josh fridenberg. So fraught have negotiations been within the government over the past few months that up until this week, only barnaby joyce and smith had laid out what the government's future climate policy might be.
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