Hot mess
Sussan Ley thinks Labor’s 2035 climate goal is a “fantasyland”. But the ongoing Coalition divisions on climate will likely prove a much bigger headache for her.
Opposition Leader Sussan Ley delivered her sharpest rhetoric yet this afternoon, labelling Labor’s 2035 climate target “fantasyland” and a “trainwreck”. But the division within her own party on climate threatens to drown out any attack lines she can muster.
Labor, aware of the significance of its move, frontloaded its announcement by releasing a climate risk assessment on Monday, painting a dire picture of what lies ahead.
At the same time, media attention also focused on the opposition, in particular Andrew Hastie’s pledge to quit the frontbench if the Coalition maintained its net zero by 2050 target.
With the internal war over climate policy still raging — and likely to come to a head in the next few months — Ley was always going to respond decisively to Labor’s 2035 target.
