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Ted O'Brien

Libs won’t pretend Labor’s 2030 targets are on track

The claim the Coalition is pulling out of the Paris Agreement is a lie. But we won’t be shy in holding the government to account for locking Australia into emission reductions goals it cannot meet.

For the first time in years, Australia went to the United Nations’ COP28 climate change summit in Dubai in December reporting an increase in its greenhouse gas emissions – by 4 million tonnes.

If Labor were on track for its 2030 target, it should have reported a reduction of 17 million tonnes.

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Ted O’Brien is Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy.

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