Liberal MP Simon Birmingham says simply legislating a climate target is “meaningless” without having a “framework” to achieve it.
“If it’s a target with consequences, the rightly we need to scrutinise the consequences and how that is laid out,” he told Sky News Australia.
“We need to see the legislation to be able to make an informed decision about whether there any consequences to that legislation.”
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