Senior Liberals meet to decide fate of net zero target Dan Jervis-Bardy Liberal members of the shadow ministry are meeting this morning to decide the fate of the party’s commitment to a net zero emissions target. The opposition leader, Sussan Ley, is expected to agree to dump the climate goal after the majority of MPs […]
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‘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 […]
A Pakistan foreign policy renaissance? Not quite | Politics
Pakistan seems to have caught the geopolitical winds just right. Last month, Pakistan signed a defence agreement with Saudi Arabia. Under this bold pact, an attack on one will be regarded as an attack on both, a dramatic escalation of security guarantees in a region already crowded with rivalries. At the same time, Islamabad has […]
High court halts eviction of refugee under Home Office 28-day policy | Immigration and asylum
A high court judge has overruled the government by halting the eviction of a refugee from his asylum accommodation in an emergency case in the early hours of the morning. Mr Justice Johnson made an order in the out-of-hours case just before 2am on Wednesday, disapplying a Home Office policy that requires new refugees to […]