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Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce has called on his Coalition colleagues to support the ditching of the government’s 2050 net zero emissions target, finding the matter to be a key issue that can help the opposition rebound from a crushing election loss.

Speaking on Channel Seven’s Sunrise, Joyce said it was important for the Coalition to adopt fresh ideas on policies that would clearly separate themselves from Labor, noting climate policy as a key example of this.

“You have to find issues which are binary, which you are fully for and the Labor Party is fully against. If you try and work on nuances and amelioration and views of a different issue, that’s no good,” Joyce said.

“That’s why such issues such as net zero, I say: find a point of division. You don’t believe in net zero, they do believe in net zero … if you have another way of going about it, there are your numbers.”

Joyce has previously revealed plans to introduce legislation to repeal the net zero emissions target, although it’s unclear if such a bill would receive the support of his Coalition colleagues.