Sussan Ley says she ‘misspoke’ after comments that Coalition doesn’t believe in setting climate targets

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Source: theguardian.com
Sussan Ley says she ‘misspoke’ after comments that Coalition doesn’t believe in setting climate targets

Liberal leader later clarifies she doesn’t support setting targets while in opposition

The Liberal leader, Sussan Ley, has indicated the Coalition won’t set a 2030 or 2035 climate target unless they return to government, saying her colleagues didn’t back locking in an emissions goal while they remained in opposition.

It came as Ley had to clean up her own error, claiming she “misspoke” after initially saying her party “don’t believe in setting targets at all from opposition or from government”. She later clarified she only meant in opposition, prompting ridicule from Anthony Albanese who claimed the opposition “changes its policies from hour to hour”.

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