'Irrelevant': Labor frontbencher says no use focusing on 2030 emissions target

Resources spokesperson Joel Fitzgibbon says a mid-century target of net zero emissions would now be the opposition's focus

Labor's resources spokesman, Joel Fitzgibbon, says an emissions reduction target for 2030 has become irrelevant". He's also declined to say whether the opposition should adopt a concrete commitment for 2035.

Fitzgibbon told the ABC on Sunday Labor's climate change policy for the next federal election would be meaningful", but he said a mid-century target of net zero emissions would now be the opposition's focus.