Nationals members vote to ditch net zero target from party platform

Policy position diverging from senior Coalition partner expected to be formalised at Nationals partyroom meeting on Sunday morning

The Nationals’ grassroots members have voted to ditch net zero, setting the scene to formally scrap the target at a meeting on Sunday morning.

“We believe in reducing emissions, but not at any cost,” the Nationals leader, David Littleproud, told the party’s federal council on Saturday.