Liberals attempt to appeal to both sides on energy policy ‘wasn't meaningful'
Former Labor senator Stephen Conroy says he was 'a little bit cynical' about the nuclear policy announcement.
Mr Conroy told Sky News host Andrew Bolt that they needed to not drive the left and Teal seats 'further away' from themselves.
'So they had to say, 'well we're still committed to Net Zero by 2050', but at the same time they needed to keep the National Party in the card.
'It wasn't meaningful.'
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