Coalition savaged for claiming it is committed to net zero by 2050 but would ditch 2030 emissions target
by Sarah Basford Canales from on (#6NCYY)
Federal government says opposition is saying white is black' following Peter Dutton's comments to News Corp on Paris climate agreement
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The climate change minister, Chris Bowen, has savaged the Coalition after a frontbencher insisted the opposition was absolutely committed" to the Paris climate agreement a day after leader Peter Dutton foreshadowed he would scrap Labor's target to reduce emissions by 43% by 2030.
Dutton told the Weekend Australian he would oppose the legislated 2030 target - a 43% cut compared with 2005 levels - at the next election, declaring there was no sense in signing up to targets you don't have any prospect of achieving".
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