News that some members of Labor's right faction discussed changing their party's policies on climate change "might be a good thing politically" for the opposition, according to Sky News contributor Michael Kroger. Channel Ten reprorted on Wednesday a group of MPs- – nicknamed the Otis group after a Canberra restaurant they dined together at - reportedly wanted the party to take a softer stance on coal.
Shadow Resources Minister Joel Fitzgibbon and senior Labor Senator Don Farrell are reportedly members of the group.
Mr Kroger, who was formally Victorian Liberal party president, said if Labor Leader Anthony Albanese does not change his party's emission reduction target, the party will fail to win back blue-collar support it needs to win government.
"The meeting says to the voting public, Albanese might be hard left, but we have a very large block of people in our ranks...who are going to stand up for traditional Australian communities".
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