The Coalition’s polarising flagship energy policy is beginning to look like the shot that will sink the party’s leadership.

But although Malcolm Turnbull’s position is looking precarious at best, Craig Kelly insists a Coalition defeat at the next federal election is not the set-in-stone prophecy being depicted.

If the government ditches the NEG and prosecutes the case against Labor’s energy policy more effectively, they could have a fighting chance.

“The Labor Party wants a 45% emissions reduction target,” Kelly explains.

“That’s not just in electricity. It’s in trucking, aviation… across the economy.”

“The only way you can get those targets is to decimate the economy. That is the official policy of the Labor Party and we need to ram it home at every opportunity to explain to the Australian people what this will do to the nation’s prosperity, jobs and our competitive advantage.”

“If we explain that, we should win this next election in an absolute landslide.”

“What the Green-Labor states have been asking for is for the government to introduce legislation that would enable emissions targets to be changed by future governments’ by regulation. That would mean a future Labor Government could come in and rather then put their policies up to the parliament, they could change the emissions target with a stroke of a pen.”

“ To have it able to be ticked off and changed at a minister’s whim is something I think all Australians should find unacceptable.”

The Coalition&rsquo;s polarising flagship energy policy is beginning to look like the shot that will sink the party&rsquo;s leadership.
But although Malcolm Turnbull&rsquo;s position is looking precarious at best, Craig Kelly insists a Coalition defeat at the next federal election is not the set-in-stone prophecy being depicted.
If the government ditches the NEG and prosecutes the case against Labor&rsquo;s energy policy more effectively, they could have a fighting chance.
&ldquo;The Labor Party wants a 45% emissions reduction target,&rdquo; Kelly explains.
&ldquo;That&rsquo;s not just in electricity. It&rsquo;s in trucking, aviation&hellip; across the economy.&rdquo;
&ldquo;The only way you can get those targets is to decimate the economy. That is the official policy of the Labor Party and we need to ram it home at every opportunity to explain to the Australian people what this will do to the nation&rsquo;s prosperity, jobs and our competitive advantage.&rdquo;
&ldquo;If we explain that, we should win this next election in an absolute landslide.&rdquo;
&ldquo;What the Green-Labor states have been asking for is for the government to introduce legislation that would enable emissions targets to be changed by future governments&rsquo; by regulation. That would mean a future Labor Government could come in and rather then put their policies up to the parliament, they could change the emissions target with a stroke of a pen.&rdquo;
&ldquo; To have it able to be ticked off and changed at a minister&rsquo;s whim is something I think all Australians should find unacceptable.&rdquo;

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