Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has hosed down any suggestion that the Coalition will be going back to the drawing board on climate change after the government's come-from-behind election win.
"Our plan is very clear and it's the plan that we took to the Australian people," he told ABC's Insiders on Sunday.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is followed by anti Adani protesters. Source: AAP
Mr Frydenberg was among Coalition members who faced a swing against them on Saturday, in the face of challenges from independent or Green candidates campaigning largely on climate change.
Former prime minister Tony Abbott for whom climate change was pivotal.
As the results rolled in, outgoing MP Julie Bishop said the Coalition must reassess its position on climate change and possibly revisit former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull's signature energy policy.
"It will have to end the uncertainty and the National Energy Guarantee was the closest thing we had to a bipartisan position."
But the treasurer says the government is sticking by its $3.5 billion climate solutions package, set to be rolled out over 10 years.
The package includes money for Snowy Hydro 2.0, energy efficiency programs and grants for community organisations to buy solar panels.
Scott Morrison claims victory. Source: Getty
The half of the ditched national energy guarantee that dealt with power reliability is also being rolled out, he stressed.
"But I have to say to you on climate change, it is real. We take it very seriously," Mr Frydenberg said.
"As the prime minister made clear, we will meet and beat our 2020 target."
Queensland Liberal National Party senator Amanda Stoker said the election was a repudiation of being too ambitious on climate action.
"We do care about the environment but we don't want to be extremist about it," she told Sky News.
She said the anti-Adani mine campaign had backfired, showing voters in Queensland opposed "hard left green ideology" and disliked the way in which Labor leader Bill Shorten "said one thing in Rockhampton and another in Melbourne".
Labor frontbencher Tanya Plibersek hopes the government finally grapples with climate and energy with a policy aimed at bringing down pollution, reducing power prices and boosting investment in renewables.
"How is this government going to manage that when they are still so broken inside with climate change deniers on one side and people who at least accept the science on the other side, but 14 different energy policies?"
Ms Plibersek is considering running for the Labor leadership after Bill Shorten stepped down, while senior frontbencher Anthony Albanese has confirmed he will do so.
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief executive James Pearson says it's no secret his organisation was attracted to the National Energy Guarantee.
But it also wants to give consumers more power in the market through short and long-term measures to boost competition.
"We'll be encouraging the re-elected government to look at that need," he told ABC News.
