Malcolm Turnbull considering carbon price as he kills off Tony Abbott's 'Green Army'

Minister for Environment and Energy
Josh Frydenberg sparing with Jean-Claude
Van Damme in Parliament House.

At last. Do we see signs of Malcolm Turnbull finally beginning to flex that prime ministerial muscle? Today's news is dominated by two big shifts in the Coalition's climate policy.

First, Turnbull is killing off Tony Abbott's so-called 'Green Army'.

And just as the conservative/hard-right of the Liberal party feared, a carbon price is back on the agenda under Turnbull.

Fairfax reports the government will consider whether to introduce a carbon price post-2030 and whether to allow international permits for carbon reduction cuts overseas as part of a 2017 review promised in 2015 by former environment minister Greg Hunt.

Read Latika Bourke’s story in the Melbourne Age - “Malcolm Turnbull considering carbon price as he kills off Tony Abbott's 'Green Army'.”