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Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on June 23, 2021. Sam Mooy/Getty Images
Barnaby Joyce is sympathetic to Resources Minister Keith Pitt’s call for the federal government to become a financier of last resort for mining.
The Nationals remain locked in negotiations with the Liberals for a target of net zero emissions by 2050 weeks out from the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.
