Tony Abbott fears Finkel's clean energy target could be 'a magic pudding'
by Katharine Murphy and Gareth Hutchens from Environment | The Guardian on (#2SMQ5)
Former prime minister says Bill Shorten the favourite to win election and Coalition must not adopt a new tax on coal
Tony Abbott has declared the new clean energy target proposed by the chief scientist, Alan Finkel, sounds like a "magic pudding" and he says the Coalition must not adopt a new tax on coal.
Ahead of a discussion of the Finkel recommendations by the Coalition party room on Tuesday, the former prime minister used his regular radio interview on 2GB to sound a warning about the reforms proposed by Finkel to the prime minister and the premiers last week.
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