Handshakes and tight lips as Liberals edge towards dumping net zero
Initially set for three hours, the Liberals’ net zero meeting dragged on for five.
A group of 51 Liberal MPs emerged tight-lipped from their party room on Wednesday evening after a marathon net zero meeting that threatened to drag into its sixth hour.
Aside from a performative handshake between leadership aspirant Andrew Hastie and influential conservative James Paterson, very little was said to journalists as the room emptied.
In truth, there isn’t much they can publicly say given leader Sussan Ley and her team won’t announce a position until tomorrow. That’s without factoring in crunch talks with the Nationals over the weekend on a deal to keep the Coalition together.
“It was an excellent meeting, and terrific to hear from all of my Liberal Party colleagues,” Ley said, ignoring questions on the unity of her party.
