‘Not over’: Liberal MPs fearing calamity in city electorates launch rearguard action to salvage net zero policy | Liberal party

‘Not over’: Liberal MPs fearing calamity in city electorates launch rearguard action to salvage net zero policy | Liberal party

Liberal MPs have launched a rearguard action to salvage a commitment to net zero emissions, with one warning the party “will pay dearly in city electorates” and undermine Australia’s international reputation if the Coalition abandons the target. The South Australian senator Andrew McLachlan said the internal campaign to preserve a net zero emissions policy was […]

Lib Dem members criticise ‘trans-exclusionary’ rule change for party elections | Liberal Democrats

Lib Dem members criticise ‘trans-exclusionary’ rule change for party elections | Liberal Democrats

Liberal Democrat members have reacted angrily to an unexpected change in rules governing the party’s internal elections to reflect the supreme court’s ruling on biological sex. The party’s LGBT+ group described the move as “explicitly trans-exclusionary” while Young Liberals said the changes were “unacceptable and untenable”. Some Lib Dem MPs are understood to be perplexed […]