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One of Sussan Ley’s strong supporters has effectively endorsed Labor’s 2035 emissions reduction target while warning the Liberal Party has lost its way on climate change, underscoring deep divisions within Coalition ranks ahead of a crucial week of parliament where environmental issues will take centre stage.

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Chris Bowen has warned that forcing more heavy-polluting Australian facilities to cut emissions faster won’t necessarily deliver “bang for buck” and has slapped down critics of carbon credits that companies rely on to achieve mandated emissions limits.

Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen has left the door open to increasing government spending to hit Labor’s 62-70 per cent 2035 emissions reduction target and played down the prospect of a fresh renewables goal, as a new poll shows just one-third of Australians think the lower 2030 climate commitment will be reached.

Spending on disaster recovery will need to increase five-fold according to modelling that shows up to 3 million Australians are at risk from rising sea levels in coming decades, as the country’s leading energy expert warned forecasters were often “making it up” when predicting long-term impacts of climate change.

Sussan Ley says Labor’s energy policy is a “trifecta of failures” that is sending businesses offshore, as she vows to hold Labor to account over its climate change agenda, despite leading a Coalition that is bitterly divided on the issue.

Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen says some ­opponents of wind and solar projects live hundreds of kilometres from developments and are driven by climate change denial and anti-renewables disinformation, as he declares ambitious climate action over the next decade will be the “key determining factor to whether we’re a prosperous economy or not”.

Labor MP Ed Husic has raised eyebrows among government MPs after challenging Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s position on the Israel-Palestine conflict and questioning the implications for dual Australian citizens who are fighting with the Jewish state.

Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce has privately urged opposition frontbencher Andrew Hastie against voting for his bill to abolish a ­commitment to net-zero emissions by 2050, with ­Coalition MPs saying the West Australian conservative is considering backing the contentious legislation in a move that would destabilise Sussan Ley’s leadership and force him onto the backbench.

Iran’s Islamist regime used a web of spies and organised criminals to launch multiple terrorist attacks on Australia’s Jewish community, in an unprecedented assault on the nation’s social fabric that has sparked the severing of diplomatic ties with Tehran.

An internal rift within the ­Coalition over net zero has re­ignited, with conservative MPs demanding Sussan Ley bring on a debate within days to settle the opposition’s position on emissions reduction – a move that poses a major test to her leadership.

The insurance sector has declared war on the Albanese government’s expansion to the home guarantee scheme, claiming it will push up house prices by up to 6.6 per cent in its first year and make it harder for low-income earners to enter the market.

Anthony Albanese has laid down his conditions for economic ­reform in an era of growing polarisation, declaring any policy changes need to transcend “numbers on a page” and be proven to make a practical difference to the lives of Australians by bolstering aspiration, fairness, opportunity and community.

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