Zempilas warns ‘only a mug’ would ignore net zero link to Liberal election lessons

“It would especially not be smart or sensible for somebody in my position, having witnessed the two election results that I witnessed earlier this year, only a mug– only a mug – would not heed the lessons of two elections back-to-back. “To walk away, to suddenly decide, ‘Oh, I know best. Don’t worry about what the election results said. I know best, the people might have voted one way, but actually that’s not what they really mean, or that’s not really what they think’. “We just had two elections back-to-back. Now, if there are people who can assess things differently to me or better than me, well, fair play to them. But I know what I saw. I know what I saw in those elections.” The federal Liberals look set to drop net zero from their climate policy in the next few weeks after the Nationals did the same.