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Why the Coalition’s lurch to the right is bad for the climate

By Robyn Eckersley, Redmond Barry Professor of Political Science, School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne

The Coalition’s new leadership is undertaking a consequential shift to the right. This is bad news for climate policy.

Nationals leader Matt Canavan has long opposed climate action. Most notably, he led the charge last year to remove the aspirational target of net zero by 2050 from the Nationals’ platform. The Liberals swiftly followed…

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