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Defeated Liberal Tim Wilson: I’ll be a ‘constructive voice’ on climate

Tom McIlroy

Tim Wilson says he will offer a “constructive centre-right voice” in Australia’s climate and energy debate from outside federal parliament, telling an industry conference that net-zero policy was not the main factor in the Coalition’s defeat.

The former Liberal MP and assistant minister for energy and emissions reduction told the National Energy Efficiency Conference in Melbourne he was “great”, despite losing his seat of Goldstein to independent Zoe Daniel.

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Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com

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