Malcolm Turnbull says Australia has a renewable energy target now because of decisions Tony Abbott took as prime minister, and he claims the Coalition is “united” in ensuring that Australians have affordable and reliable energy.
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| Malcolm Turnbull and Tony Abbott, who told 2GB he could not ‘and won’t’ support a clean energy target. |
Turnbull’s sideswipe at Abbott followed the former prime minister declaring in an interview with his former staffer Peta Credlin, and the Sydney shock jock Alan Jones, that it would be “unconscionable ... to go further down the renewables path” by implementing a clean energy target.
Campaigning in Brisbane amid speculation the Labor government in Queensland will shortly call a state election, and facing sustained questioning about Abbott leading a backbench revolt against energy policy, Turnbull said he did not intend to run a commentary on other people’s remarks.
Read Katharine Murphy’s story on The Guardian - “Malcolm Turnbull says energy target legislated 'while Tony was prime minister.”
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