Unions push labor back to the 'drawing board' on climate policy
Cornerstone Group’s James Cullen has praised a union-lead push to tone down Labor’s anti-coal and anti-gas rhetoric and back down on the more radical elements of the party’s climate agenda. It is understood about 30 Labor MPs and Senators from both the left and right factions attended a briefing by the CMFEU and the AWU. At the meeting the unions conceded Australia would inevitably move to clean energy, but argued coal and gas will still be needed for some time yet, and that needs to be reflected in Labor’s polices. Mr Cullen said, “climate change for some reason is a really difficult issue for us in Australia to get that bipartisan leaning point”. “Labor has taken some tough policies in the last few elections and haven’t got a mandate for it, so they need to go back to the drawing board. “I think that’s only a good thing when it comes to Labor rebuilding its political stocks and engaging with those regional communities.”
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Cornerstone Group’s James Cullen has praised a union-lead push to tone down Labor’s anti-coal and anti-gas rhetoric and back down on the more radical elements of the party’s climate agenda. It is understood about 30 Labor MPs and Senators from both the left and right factions attended a briefing by the CMFEU and the AWU. At the meeting the unions conceded Australia would inevitably move to clean energy, but argued coal and gas will still be needed for some time yet, and that needs to be reflected in Labor’s polices. Mr Cullen said, “climate change for some reason is a really difficult issue for us in Australia to get that bipartisan leaning point”. “Labor has taken some tough policies in the last few elections and haven’t got a mandate for it, so they need to go back to the drawing board. “I think that’s only a good thing when it comes to Labor rebuilding its political stocks and engaging with those regional communities.”
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