In-Principle Support: Coalition Partyroom and Barnaby Joyce

in-principle support: The Turnbull government's signature energy policy is now at the mercy of the coalition partyroom, after the states and territories offered their in-principle support, according to Nine News Australia. Several high-profile MPs, including Tony Abbott and Barnaby Joyce, have threatened to break ranks and scuttle the plan. To improve your experience update it here News National Energy minister confident of energy plan support7 23pm Aug 12, minister Josh Frydenberg is confident his coalition colleagues will endorse the National Energy Guarantee, despite some backbenchers threatening to vote against it. However, Mr Frydenberg believes there is strong support for the policy in coalition ranks. Minister for Resources Matt Canavan and Minister for Energy Josh Frydenberg at a press conference after COAG. AAP Mr Frydenberg chastised Labor states including Victoria for making crass, calculating last-minute demands to reshape the policy. My colleagues have been briefed by the miners, the manufacturers, the farmers and the industry groups who say this is the only game in town to reduce people's power bills, he told the ABC. They know how hard this is and they know Australia needs to break with the impasse that has dogged this policy in the past. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.