The Greens were inching towards a climate change deal with Labor on Tuesday night, while the Coalition has decided it will name its own emission reduction target.
on Tuesday night, while the Coalition formalised its opposition to the government’s policy and announced that it would take its own to the next election, including a focus on nuclear power.
Sources said the Greens, although unhappy with the government’s 2030 target of a 43 per cent reduction in emissions over 2005 levels, accepted that the government would not increase it and were satisfied with the assurance the target would be a floor rather than a ceiling.A sticking point was a demand by Mr Bandt that the 43 per cent be embedded in policy considerations of more government agencies.
Mr Dutton told his party room the Coalition would prepare a “credible” climate change policy in time for the next election, due in 2025, in a bid to calm moderates who warn that the party risks being seen as opposed to emissions reduction.Mr Dutton also announced that the opposition would set up an internal policy process to explore developing nuclear energy, with 60 per cent of coal-fired power generation expected to exit the market by 2030.
Coalition climate and energy spokesman Ted O’Brien will oversee both the climate review and nuclear examination. Mr Stevens, who narrowly held his seat, told the meeting he wanted a more ambitious policy, but unity across the Coalition was important.
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