Coalition candidate says net zero by 2050 is a 'flexible plan that leaves us wiggle room'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : Burnett told the ABC on Monday he was a supporter of the coal industry "and new industries as well".
53% : Boyce on Monday declared coal was "absolutely critical to central Queensland and the Flynn electorate and particularly to the greater Gladstone region".
52% : The LNP's Flynn candidate said it had been made clear on page 81 of the government's transition plan that the future of gas and coal would ultimately be determined by international demand.
44% : Scott Morrison has told the United Nations Australia will reach net zero emissions by 2050 - but according to the Coalition's candidate in Flynn, this commitment is a flexible, non-binding plan that leaves plenty of "wiggle room".
43% : In Australia's nationally determined contribution submitted to the United Nations last October, the Morrison government says: "Australia adopts a target of net zero emissions by 2050.

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