Sky News host Andrew Bolt has unleashed a blistering attack on Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen after he lashed out at him in Parliament.
During a fiery Question Time exchange on Wednesday, Bowen ripped into Liberal infighting and took a cheeky swipe at Bolt.
Bowen said: ‘It’s all going swimmingly over there, which resulted in the shadow minister for climate change, on 7.30 last night, not being able to rule out the Liberal Party, the once-great Liberal Party, supporting the construction of coal-fired power stations in Australia.
‘The party of Harold Holt is now the party of Andrew Bolt. That is how the National Party is calling the shots over there.’
Bolt returned fire on Wednesday night.
‘I seem to have got under the skin of the Albanese government’s most dangerous and incompetent minister … I’ve offended him by telling the truth again last night. That he is indeed dangerous and incompetent,’ Bolt said.
He also branded Bowen a liar over his claim that Dan Tehan had declared the Liberals would back new coal plants on ABC’s 7.30.
But all Tehan actually said was that he wouldn’t be announcing his party’s position on the show, insisting that was a matter for his colleagues in Parliament.
‘I know you’d love me to announce our policy here… but I’m not going to do that,’ Tehan told the programme.
Andrew Bolt (pictured) slammed Chris Bowen during a fiery segment on Wednesday night
Chris Bowen (pictured) said the Liberals were now the party of ‘Andrew Bolt’ on Wednesday
Dan Tehan (pictured) was accused by Labor of committing to building new coal power stations
Bolt wemt onto accuse Bowen of deliberately misleading Parliament and the public.
‘Bowen’s claim is false. Dan Tehan said no such thing last night. In fact, he refused three times to say on the ABC what Bowen told Parliament he had said,’ Bolt said.
‘He didn’t commit to more coal-fired power stations. He refused the comment. You cannot trust the word Bowen says about anything to do with global warming. And how does this man even dare show his face in public after all these disasters?
‘I mean, what happened to the billions that Bowen promised to spend to get green hydrogen, that miracle green gas that he claimed would save us? Just about every green hydrogen project Bowen has touched has since stalled or been cancelled.
‘Every week comes more evidence that this guy is dangerous and incompetent.’
Bolt said it was a lie to suggest he sides with the Liberal Party.
‘The Liberals are not the party of Andrew Bolt, sadly … or they’d never have been so dumb as to get in this mess,’ he said.
‘They’d never have agreed to the net zero by 2050 target in the first place, four years ago.
‘The target that Bowen still supports. The target that has helped drive up electricity prices more than 23 per cent in just the past year alone, causing heavy industries to shut and you to feel a lot of pain.’
