Climate Change Authority head says Coalition's $600bn carbon bill claim 'weird'

In an interview with Guardian Australia, Bernie Fraser says Greg Hunt's claim about Labor's climate policy is 'misleading'

The independent Climate Change Authority is engaged in a public war of words with the environment minister, Greg Hunt, over the government's assertion that "Labor's climate policy" would impose a "$600bn carbon bill", saying the claim is "weird" and "misleading".

The prime minister on Tuesday unveiled a new greenhouse gas reduction goal of reducing emissions by between 26% and 28% of 2005 levels by 2030.