Article 356VX Coalition balks on Finkel target but will unveil energy and emissions policy

Coalition balks on Finkel target but will unveil energy and emissions policy

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Katharine Murphy Political editor
from Environment | The Guardian on (#356VX)

Guardian Essential poll finds 65% support for doomed target recommended by the chief scientist Alan Finkel

The Turnbull government is poised to unveil a new energy investment framework that will impose obligations on the electricity sector to reduce emissions consistent with the Paris agreement. It will also create new reliability obligations to ensure there's enough dispatchable power in the system.

Cabinet, and the government's backbench committee on environment and energy, considered the government's new policy on Monday night before a party room debate slated for Tuesday morning.

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