‘Just get on with it’: Opposition should ‘sign up’ for Labor’s net-zero pledge

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‘Just get on with it’: Opposition should ‘sign up’ for Labor’s net-zero pledge

Former Liberal MP Dave Sharma says the Liberal Party should “sign up” to Labor’s net-zero emissions commitment at the next federal election and not debate one or two percentage points.

Mr Sharma said when he was in the Liberal Party he argued for a “more ambitious” interim target of net zero by 2050.

“I don’t think the public is that interested in a debate about whether we do it two percentage points higher or two percentage points lower in 2030,” he told Sky News Australia.

“We’ve given business certainty now with the passage of this legislation, provided it goes through the Senate, I think we should just get on with it.”