A fundraising blitz to support teal candidates in the upcoming federal election has raised more than $1 million in less than three days – almost four times its target – after Liberal candidate Andrew Constance said a Dutton government would abandon Australia’s international commitment to set a 2035 emissions target.
Constance, the federal Liberal candidate for Gilmore and a former NSW transport minister, told a candidates’ forum in Malua Bay on the NSW South Coast on Monday that the Liberals would walk away from the Paris Agreement if elected.
‘‘In terms of our international obligations, they’re one thing – but don’t sell us out as you do it. 2035 Paris Agreement target – off the table by the Liberal Party,’’ Constance told the Sky forum, which also included teal candidate Kate Dezarnaulds.