Craig Kelly says backbenchers have not agreed to Neg, contradicting Turnbull

Liberal MP says party room not yet consulted and could put brakes on landmark energy policy

The chairman of the Coalition’s backbench committee on climate and energy has warned the energy minister, Josh Frydenberg, the party room might put the brakes on his emissions reduction legislation when parliament resumes next week.

Liberal Craig Kelly told Guardian Australia he did not know if federal legislation giving effect to the emissions reduction component of the national energy guarantee had been drafted yet, but he said the backbench committee had not yet been consulted about the government’s final position.

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