Matt Canavan

The Australian government has been forced to deny it's abandoning a commitment to net zero carbon emissions by 2050, after a rogue lawmaker said the climate ...

Nationals senator Matt Canavan is told to "pull his head in" by a colleague, and slapped down by the Prime Minister, after attempting to muddy the waters ...

The mechanism was introduced by the Coalition in 2013 and applies to the country's 215 heaviest emitters, requiring them to keep their emissions below a "baseline" level. "The Liberal and National parties are in open warfare about their net zero emissions policy, in the middle of an election campaign," he said. "The Coalition worked through this policy over an extended period of time last year to achieve a position of net zero emissions by 2050. "That is not his party's position, that's not the Coalition's position and it's not the government's position," he said, Nationals senator Matt Canavan has been told to "pull his head in" by a colleague, and slapped down by the Prime Minister, after attempting to muddy the waters over the Coalition's climate change commitments in the middle of a tight election race. After a long and at times torturous negotiation, the Liberal and National parties struck a deal to adopt the target of achieving net zero emissions by 2050 in the lead-up to last year's Glasgow climate conference.

Scott Morrison is facing divisions over climate change policy with Queensland Nationals senator Matt Canavan defying the Prime Minister to declare net zero ...

“Just be clear, it not only affects the coal industry, it affects mining and oil and gas production,” Morrison said. “We’re talking about something that is 28 years away. “It is the government’s absolute policy. It’s all over bar the shouting here. There will be no legislation attached to it,” Mr Boyce told the ABC. “It leaves us wiggle room as we proceed into the future.

Yesterday the Nationals senator unilaterally declared net zero emissions by 2050 “all over barring the shouting”, just hours after Prime Minister Scott Morrison ...

Canavan and Joyce keep reminding coal country the Coalition has its back. More generally, the last parliamentary term came to a tense, cantankerous end, characterised by legislative stagnation and rebellion from moderates and conservatives alike. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, seen as more palatable in the cities despite a serious challenge to his own seat, has been trying to campaign against the teals. In Rockhampton today he was accusing Labor of trying to introduce a “sneaky” carbon tax. Boyce is on record opposing net zero right after the Nationals agreed to it last year. Freed from the shackles of ministerial ambition, Canavan can sit on the backbench and post about his love for coal.

The prime minister on Tuesday defended the government's target of net-zero emissions by 2050, following comments made by a coalition candidate who described ...

Is net zero a firm commitment of the government? Or is it simply a flexible guideline as the candidate for Flynn has said?' opposition energy spokesman Chris Bowen told reporters in Sydney on Tuesday. 'Our commitment to net zero by 2050 is a commitment of the Australian government that I made in Glasgow. It is the government's absolute policy.' It's all over bar the shouting here. 'We're talking about something that is 28 years away. - The statement has revealed cracks in the party of the climate change policy

Scott Morrison is playing down Coalition climate wars, but a Nationals MP is telling Matt Canavan to "pull your head in".

"That's what we agreed to ... We shook hands on that. There's no news there," he said. That's what the Nationals said we would do, and so that's what we will do." Senator Canavan on Tuesday enflamed tensions in the Nationals over net zero, describing the target, agreed to by the junior coalition partner in October, as "dead" and "all over bar the shouting". Earlier, former Nationals leader Michael McCormack on Wednesday agreed Senator Canavan should "pull his head in" over the comments, insisting the junior coalition partner would stick to its word But standing alongside the Prime Minister in Rockhampton on Wednesday, a Nationals MP has told her rogue colleague to "pull his head in" as climate divisions threaten stability in the Coalition.

Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce has attempted to downplay the renewed rift in the Coalition over climate change as pro-coal MPs break ranks.

And while he may want to prosecute it, the world’s moved past Matt Canavan,” Mr Littleproud said. “His views were contrary to that. “When country people make a deal, a deal is a deal is a deal,” he told the ABC. And that was no simple challenge.” Mr Littleproud said he had spoken to Senator Canavan on Wednesday morning and it was the “culture of the Nationals Party” that people could voice differing opinions. “We are a party that believes in free speech.

Liberal National Party MP Michelle Landry has told Matt Canavan to pull his head in, as she backs the government's position on net zero.

Nationals Senator Matt Canavan has thrown doubt on the accuracy or significance of the official unemployment rate, telling a Queensland Senate candidates ...

Socialist Alliance candidate Renee Lees said Matt Canavan only speaks for the coal barons, not regional Queensland. Kerry Smith reports.

She criticised the federal government for not even being able to “hold together” on an empty promise of net zero 30 years away. Still sections of the government disagree. It’s all over bar the shouting here.”

Scott Morrison is playing down Coalition climate wars, but a Nationals MP is telling Matt Canavan to "pull your head in".

"That's what we agreed to ... We shook hands on that. There's no news there," he said. That's what the Nationals said we would do, and so that's what we will do." Senator Canavan on Tuesday enflamed tensions in the Nationals over net zero, describing the target, agreed to by the junior coalition partner in October, as "dead" and "all over bar the shouting". Earlier, former Nationals leader Michael McCormack on Wednesday agreed Senator Canavan should "pull his head in" over the comments, insisting the junior coalition partner would stick to its word But standing alongside the Prime Minister in Rockhampton on Wednesday, a Nationals MP has told her rogue colleague to "pull his head in" as climate divisions threaten stability in the Coalition.

Labor has seized on the comments, after Senator Canavan declared the net zero carbon target “dead”. That's despite the Coalition agreeing to the target. Mr ...

Press PLAY below to hear his reaction + why it could be ‘disastrous’ for the Coalition Press PLAY below to hear more of his thoughts on the renewed rift in the Coalition He says Senator Canavan is “authentic” in his views.

"Climate wars" in the Coalition have erupted again close to the election and they threaten to burn both Scott Morrison and Barnaby Joyce, writes political ...

Now they can claim that in a re-elected government the Nationals could revert to their old policy and press Morrison to ditch the target. They have been saying for months that the Liberals in their sights might be moderate in name but they vote with Barnaby Joyce. Labor’s emissions reduction policy has solid belts and braces this election compared to 2019. Morrison on Wednesday reaffirmed the (unlegislated) policy: “We did the hard yards to get everyone together. The outbreak was predictable – the issue has been smouldering ever since Morrison had the government sign up to the net zero 2050 target ahead of the Glasgow climate conference. Last year Morrison decided his government had to adopt the 2050 target.