National MP Sparks Net Zero Split With Repeal Push

Joyce says net zero hurts Australians while benefiting billionaires, as major global emitters refuse to act on climate.
National MP Sparks Net Zero Split With Repeal Push
Nationals member for New England Barnaby Joyce before a press conference outside Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on July 28, 2025. AAP Image/Mick Tsikas
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Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce has introduced a bill in the House of Representatives to repeal Australia’s legislated net zero emissions targets, describing the policy as economically damaging and globally ineffective.

“Net zero is going to have absolutely no effect on the climate whatsoever,” Joyce told Parliament, arguing that countries like China, India, Indonesia, the United States, Southeast Asia, Africa, and the Middle East were not “participating in it in a real form.”

Naziya Alvi Rahman
Naziya Alvi Rahman
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Naziya Alvi Rahman is a Canberra-based journalist who covers political issues in Australia. She can be reached at [email protected].