'We can either drive change or have it imposed on us': Labor's Mark Dreyfus blasts Joel Fitzgibbon on climate

The shadow attorney general says his factional colleague represents only a ‘handful of views’ in the Labor party

Mark Dreyfus has declared the former shadow resources minister Joel Fitzgibbon represents only a “handful of views” in the Labor party and insists Labor cannot opt out of taking action on climate change because “change is coming, and we can either drive the change, or … have it imposed on us”.

The Victorian rightwinger and shadow attorney general blasted his factional colleague on the ABC on Wednesday after Fitzgibbon confirmed on Tuesday he would go to the backbench after a significant blow up in shadow cabinet on Monday night.

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