Labor calls on PM to dump direct action policy in light of Paris climate deal
by Australian Associated Press from on (#XHKS)
Labor's environment spokesman says Paris agreement objectives are clear and Malcolm Turnbull needs to match Australia's policies to these objectives
Labor has called on the prime minister to dump the Coalition's direct action policy in response to the historic United Nations climate agreement in Paris.
The opposition leader, Bill Shorten, welcomed the global commitment to holding increases in average temperatures to well below 2C and the further commitment to pursue efforts to limit increases to 1.5C.
