A key element of the Coalition's 2017 policy platform, a review into climate change policy, has been shattered in less than 36 hours following a revolt by the Liberal party's right wing.
But experts have warned the right wingers misunderstood what they were complaining about and the decision to rule out an emissions intensity scheme for the electricity sector could result in higher power prices.
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