Sky News host David_Speers says it's 'rather important' for Labor to outline how it plans to reduce these emissions, particularly for ‘those who use transport and those who eat food’. Speers
It has been over three years since Bill Shorten vowed to reduce Australia’s emissions by 45 per cent, but the Labor leader is yet to outline how his party will achieve the target.
Bill Shorten’s office has confirmed the carbon emissions target is economy-wide, and therefore applies to emissions on the agriculture and transport sectors. With agriculture and transport emissions making up 13 per cent and 19 per cent of Australia’s emissions respectively, Sky News host David Speers says it's 'rather important' for Labor to outline how it plans to reduce these emissions, particularly for ‘those who use transport and those who eat food’.
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