Teals and Greens take on Dutton in emissions target battle

LAURA TINGLE: The climate wars seem to have taken off again. How important are climate and energy issues to voters in your electorate and has that changed at all since the last election?

LAURA TINGLE: Simon Holmes a Court from Climate 200, which helped fund a lot of the campaigns of independents at the last election, has been saying in the last 24 hours that, in fact, there's been a flurry of extra money in post-Peter Dutton's comments, and that this is something that's going to help win votes in Liberal seats. Is that your assessment too?

We've actually now got to the point where coal and gas companies are asking for certainty and what they've come out and asked for in the last 24 hours is for the Liberal Party to confirm that it will stand by the legislated target for action on climate change by 2030, which is the 43 per cent reduction.

MONIQUE RYAN: In Kooyong, I can tell you that constituents understand the situation, and they know that we need to take active, immediate and effective action on fossil fuel industries. LAURA TINGLE: One of the other issues that Peter Dutton's been highlighting since the budget is immigration. Is that something that's of great concern to voters in Kooyong?

And I think it's particularly a risk in the hands of Peter Dutton, who is not a man who's frightened to exacerbate social division when he thinks that that might be to his ends. Those of us who are crossbenchers in this parliament - and I think this is true both of those of us in the House and the Senate - are really focused on policy. We're focused on trying to get things done and we feel a great sense of urgency.

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