‘A slap in the face’: our expert panel on Australia’s 2035 emissions target

Six experts respond to Labor's plans for agriculture, resources, the built environment, industry, transport and energy. What did it get right and what more needs to be done?

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The 62-70% emissions target is a slap in the face to the people growing Australia's food. It is nothing short of betrayal to farmers around the country and the generations who come after us. The climate chaos described in Australia's first Climate Risk Assessment is not inevitable, but with a weak target like this it pushes us towards a future no one wants or deserves.