‘Heat deaths aren’t a thing’: Coalition MPs weighing net zero given sceptical briefing on climate science

<p><strong>Exclusive:</strong> Briefing by conservative think-tank Centre for Independent Studies was arranged by a Coalition backbench committee</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Coalition MPs weighing up whether to abandon net zero have been briefed on research that argued “heat deaths aren’t a thing”, played down the prospect of substantial sea level rises and claimed “no one has ever made low-cost energy” from wind and solar.</p><p>Guardian Australia has viewed slides from a presentation the conservative thinktank Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) gave to MPs in Canberra this week, along with the findings of private polling on net zero.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/29/coalition-mps-net-zero-doubts-climate-science">Continue reading...</a>