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Meanwhile Nationals net zero position expected to be formalised at party room meeting. Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Nationals are holding a special partyroom meeting this morning, after the party’s Federal Council yesterday removed support for...
<p>Meanwhile Nationals net zero position expected to be formalised at party room meeting. Follow updates live</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>The Nationals are holding a special partyroom meeting this morning, after the party’s Federal Council yesterday removed support for net zero from their federal platform.<br><br>
Senators <strong>Matt Canavan</strong> and <strong>Ross Cadell</strong>, who were charged with reviewing the Nat’s energy and net zero policy, are expected to put forward their review to the partyroom this morning for debate. <br><br>
We’ve been told this morning it could take about two hours, and there’s an expectation from some who will be in the room that there will be a policy position decided today.</p><p>A bitter brawl had erupted between the Liberal and National parties – and conservative and moderate factions – about whether to keep the net zero target, prompting speculation the Coalition could split.</p><p>I quite enjoy the informal dialogue as well … the informal dinner, of course, that occurred here with President Trump, that was a couple of hours of informal discussion. That’s how you build relationships. It’s the formal meetings where there are bilats and people take notes and I report to you what is said, and then there is just engagement with people.</p><p>It is in the world’s interest for the world’s two largest economies and powers to engage with each other constructively. What they do has an impact right around the world. We live in an interconnected world. The comment was made by a few people over recent days about the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine had an impact on supermarket shelves in Chile, in Mexico as well as in Australia.</p><p>So, we need to encourage cooperation as much as possible across the board. It’s what Australia does, and it’s what we want to see more of. And I think there’s been some positive steps forward this week.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/nov/02/nationals-net-zero-party-room-meeting-coalition-labor-murray-watt-anthony-albanese-apec-mark-butler-medicare-bulk-billing-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>
Senators <strong>Matt Canavan</strong> and <strong>Ross Cadell</strong>, who were charged with reviewing the Nat’s energy and net zero policy, are expected to put forward their review to the partyroom this morning for debate. <br><br>
We’ve been told this morning it could take about two hours, and there’s an expectation from some who will be in the room that there will be a policy position decided today.</p><p>A bitter brawl had erupted between the Liberal and National parties – and conservative and moderate factions – about whether to keep the net zero target, prompting speculation the Coalition could split.</p><p>I quite enjoy the informal dialogue as well … the informal dinner, of course, that occurred here with President Trump, that was a couple of hours of informal discussion. That’s how you build relationships. It’s the formal meetings where there are bilats and people take notes and I report to you what is said, and then there is just engagement with people.</p><p>It is in the world’s interest for the world’s two largest economies and powers to engage with each other constructively. What they do has an impact right around the world. We live in an interconnected world. The comment was made by a few people over recent days about the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine had an impact on supermarket shelves in Chile, in Mexico as well as in Australia.</p><p>So, we need to encourage cooperation as much as possible across the board. It’s what Australia does, and it’s what we want to see more of. And I think there’s been some positive steps forward this week.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/nov/02/nationals-net-zero-party-room-meeting-coalition-labor-murray-watt-anthony-albanese-apec-mark-butler-medicare-bulk-billing-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>
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