00:00He's basically been conducting a deep dive into the merits of the coalition's net zero
00:08policy which as we know has been a deeply contentious policy issue for the opposition
00:13for some time now. So he says that he'll take parts of this review to his party room colleagues
00:20this week. There's no guarantee that it'll essentially be backed in. He might find that
00:25he's got more work to do. One of his key issues is around the cost of net zero. This is something
00:31that he brings up time and time again and he did tell ABC insiders as well that he hasn't yet
00:38conducted any I guess modelling into the economics of this policy but that's something that he'd like
00:45to see happen here. As we know when it comes to net zero it has been politically contentious. So the
00:53nationals did briefly walk away from their senior coalition partner the Liberals after the May
00:59election this year. They did get back together but it does I guess stand or loom as another potential
01:07pressure point as we do see detractors within both the Liberal Party and the nationals arcing up over
01:14the future of this policy and would actually like it scrapped. We also heard from Matt Canavan today
01:21backing in his nationals colleague Barnaby Joyce. So we'll remember last week Barnaby Joyce said that
01:28he was having issues if you like with the nationals leadership and said that he wouldn't recontest his
01:35New South Wales seat of New England at the next election and that has fuelled speculation that he
01:41might actually jump ship if you like and move to One Nation. Matt Canavan this morning was asked whether
01:48he'd like to see Barnaby Joyce in those nationals party room meetings this week and this is what he had
01:53to say.
01:54He's a great mate and you know I think he's a great Australian. Been an impactful statesman on the
02:00political stage for some time. I hope we do keep him in the nationals party. Look I can't speak for the
02:04party room David but you know I certainly hope he comes along. You know it's unfortunate when people
02:11don't you know feel like they're part of the team and loved and you know I know lots of people have
02:16reached out to him in the last few weeks and as I say I'd love to keep him part of the team.
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