The federal election victory of Queensland’s latest Liberal Nationwide celebration MP, Colin Boyce, was gleefully welcomed by his former state parliamentary colleagues on Tuesday – largely his political opponents.
Boyce, who has stated the Coalition’s web zero pledge was versatile and has paid for advertisements saying renewable power is “a fantasy”, received the central Queensland seat of Flynn, regardless of a 4.3% swing to Labor.
Throughout query time within the Queensland parliament on Tuesday, he was name-checked by a succession of Labor ministers.
The state treasurer, Cameron Dick, stated the Coalition had misplaced a lot of its most average voices and as an alternative “wakened with Colin Boyce”.
The assets minister, Scott Stewart, supplied his congratulations to the brand new federal member for Flynn.
“Turning a protected seat right into a marginal one. Properly performed Boycey,” Stewart stated.
“He made it clear he’s an LNP local weather change denier.”
Labor’s two-party share of the vote in Queensland elevated on the federal election, however the celebration may find yourself with one fewer federal seats within the state, having misplaced Griffith to the Greens.
After a poor efficiency throughout the state within the 2019 federal election, notably in regional areas, Queensland Labor virtually instantly sought to push by long-delayed approval selections for the Adani Carmichael coalmine.
However this time round, having watched the Greens decide up at the very least two and presumably three inner-city seats that Labor had been hopeful of successful, the state authorities’s post-federal election messaging is unashamedly progressive, climate-conscious and filled with discuss new economic system alternatives.
“Boycey”, who as soon as crossed the ground to oppose the creation of a mine rehabilitation commissioner (a proposal he described as “eco-Marxist”), made the right punching bag. Nearly each senior minister had a crack.
“We all know that within the new parliament there received’t be Josh Frydenberg, or Trevor Evans, or Ben Morton, or Dave Sharma, or Jason Fallinski, or Tim Wilson … they received’t be on the bus,” the state transport minister Mark Bailey stated
“However what we'll see is … the member for Flynn, who's already on the market undermining web zero, his personal celebration’s coverage.”
Meaghan Scanlon, the state surroundings minister, learn our the feedback of federal Nationals and Liberals that sought to stroll again web zero commitments after the election loss.
These included feedback by Liberal senator Gerard Rennick, made on a rightwing “freedom celebration” dwell stream on election evening, urging Liberals to higher differentiate between the surroundings and local weather change.
“It’s not like I don’t care in regards to the surroundings, I simply don’t consider within the science of local weather change,” Rennick had stated.
Scanlon stated the LNP in Queensland was the one celebration within the nation to not formally assist renewables or emissions discount targets.
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