Leader of the Opposition, Angus Taylor announced the Coalition’s response to the Federal Budget last week.
Since, advocacy groups have criticised the budget reply’s, particularly opposing their alternative environmental and fossil fuel visons.
The party have cited plans to dump net zero and build new costly oil refineries to produce fuel with Australia’s low supply of crude oil.
The Climate Council has labelled the response as an “out of touch fossil fuel fantasy.”

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First aired on The Wire, Thursday 21 May 2026