Coalition ministers at odds over emissions target after Labor commits to net zero by 2050

Mathias Cormann says Coalition will 'finalise longer-term target in time for Cop26' but Angus Taylor commits only to 'long-term strategy'

Senior Morrison government ministers are publicly at odds about whether Australia will take a long-term emissions reduction target to global climate talks in November after Labor unveiled a target of net zero emissions by 2050.

On Friday the finance minister Mathias Cormann confirmed the government "will be finalising a longer-term target in time for Cop26" but the emissions reduction minister would commit only to "a long-term strategy" despite repeatedly being asked about a new target.