Opposition Leader Sussan Ley’s decision to bring the Liberals’ climate debate to a head is an acknowledgment of a tough political reality.
The Liberal Party’s first female leader entered the role promising considered, collegial policy development as the party reeled from successive electoral hammerings.
But the Nationals’ decision to scrap net zero by 2050, placing the Coalition’s very future at stake, opened a wound that Ley must immediately cauterise.
As MPs were preparing to return home after a sitting fortnight last night, Ley informed them they would be back in Canberra mid-next week to thrash out their position.
