The 48 hours that killed the Liberal party's net zero promise

The optics of Angus Taylor and Andrew Hastie standing shoulder-to-shoulder proved the defining image as the months-long campaign came to an endGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAs midday approached on Wednesday, more than a dozen Liberal MPs assembled in the Parliament House office of Henry Pike.Pike and his fellow Queensland LNP backbencher Garth Hamilton had arranged for colleagues opposed to net zero to walk side-by-side into a party-room meeting to debate whether to dump the emissions reduction target. Continue reading...