Hopes the Coalition would follow Donald Trump and relieve the cost-of-living burden by leaving the Paris climate agreement have been dashed.
The Liberal senator Jonathon Duniam said the Coalition remains committed to its net zero commitment by 2050 and would not leave the Paris climate pact.
This means the Coalition will continue in the globalist club that gives the world’s biggest emitters, China and India, a leave pass while expecting countries like Australia to prioritise climate ideology over affordable electricity for families.
With nuclear power unlikely to be fully in place by 2050, the Coalition if in government, will continue to roll out taxpayer-subsidised intermittent and dispersed solar factories and industrial wind facilities.
“We’ve said we remain committed there (in Paris), and we are going to continue to do things that are in our interests, not necessarily follow suit with the United States. There are some things they do which makes sense, there are others which are suited to them and not to Australia,” Senator Duniam said.
Unfortunately, he is wrong. It has never been in Australia’s best interests to hike the price of electricity and risk blackouts in pursuit of climate targets.
The Guardian reports that:
“Several Nationals backbenchers have suggested Coalition support for net zero by 2050 should be reconsidered, and Senator Matt Canavan has said Australia should withdraw from the Paris agreement. But Duniam said the Coalition’s key policies were not being reconsidered.”
Dunian went on to say: “We are currently committed to, and as far as I’m aware, remain committed to net zero by 2050 – that’s not the policy in question.”
Family First, which is contesting the up-coming federal election, believes Australia should leave the Paris and UN COP climate conferences because they are simply expensive exercises in virtue signalling that add thousands of dollars to household electricity bills.
The major parties have put expensive and unreliable windmills and solar panels ahead of affordable and reliable electricity.
The so-called energy transition is being funded off the back of those who can least afford it – families in the suburbs and regions.