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The environment minister has said establishing a federal environment protection agency was a ‘very high and immediate priority’. Follow the latest updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Coalition is divided on how to address the existential threat of climate change and the future of net zero, Senator Anne Ruston says.Ruston is speaking to ABC Insiders host David Speers where she was asked about how the party may confront the issue going forward, in the context of comments from the CEO of AI Group, Innes Wilcox, that re-opening the climate wars would be “like reopening an old wound”.Oh, God, no, no, anything but, please. We have been there before many times over the past 20 years or so and to reopen the climate wars, as you aptly describe them, is like reopening an old wound.But there’s no secret there is a divergence of views in our party room about how we achieve that, but right now, I absolutely think the thing we need to concentrate on is making sure that people can afford their power bills, making sure that industry, as Innes points out, that they have confidence in our energy policy in Australia so they can’t to invest here.e don’t want companies to go broke like we have seen, we don’t want companies off-shoring like we have seen. I think one of the most important issues is to get, you know, solid feedback and make sure our energy policy is fit for purpose for modern Australia.Those conversations continue to be had. We haven’t finalised them.I understand your wish for a yes or no answer to any question, Andrew, and I respect that. I really do, but again, my answer doesn’t change. We are having these discussions at the moment Continue reading...

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