Bill Shorten says Labor willing to pass Finkel legislation to prevent climate 'brawling'

Labor leader says opposition will back clean energy target 'if the economic and environmental case stacks up'

Bill Shorten says Labor is prepared to pass legislation giving effect to the Finkel review this year, and has called for the Turnbull government to sit down with the opposition to craft a bipartisan solution.

The Labor leader will use a speech to a clean energy summit in Sydney to make a pitch for a "sensible centre" in climate policy, arguing that Australia cannot afford to lose another decade "to brawling and name-calling".