Despite the now ritualistic nature of the Coalition tearing itself apart over whether climate change is real or not, the process is still capable of yielding surprises.
Thus it was that, after the Liberals’ abject surrender to the One Nationals last week in ditching net zero, a Nationals MP paused from crowing about how their party now controlled the Coalition to lament to the AFR’s Phillip Coorey: “You can’t just say no (to climate action). You have to have a how.”