The Liberals’ new emissions policy is bursting with contradictions – and is unlikely to be what voters want | Tom McIlroy

<p>Sussan Ley appears to have given up trying to meet voters where they are, instead allowing conservative MPs to dictate policy to keep her job – and keep the Coalition together</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Six months ago on Thursday, the new Liberal leader, Sussan Ley, stood in the opposition party room at Parliament House and promised the Coalition would meet voters “where they are”.</p><p>Six months on – and after another messy few weeks for the Liberals and Nationals – Ley was back in the same spot confirming <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/13/liberal-party-net-zero-policy-meeting-debate-decision">the Liberals had dumped support for net zero emissions by 2050</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2025/nov/13/liberal-party-sussan-ley-net-zero-emissions-policy-bursting-with-contradictions">Continue reading...</a>