Premier Steven Miles visited the governor on a 50 cent bus fare to start the election campaign, while David Crisafulli pushed controversial coal power plan
David Crisafulli talked youth crime and energy policy on day one of the Queensland election campaign, as Steven Miles accused him of a bid to ‘slip into power’ with a small target agenda.David Crisafulli talked youth crime and energy policy on day one of the Queensland election campaign, as Steven Miles accused him of a bid to ‘slip into power’ with a small target agenda.
The party voted for the Labor government’s legislated 80% by 2035 carbon emissions reduction target earlier this year, but does not support its renewables target. Crisafulli last month said the target was “not possible”. “But we do have a vision to make sure that there’s a renewable future, and that’s why I’ve spoken about the need to have a long-term plan.”
“We have a strong pipeline of renewable energy projects in Queensland and with policy certainty we could easily build enough new generation to replace Callide B, which has been scheduled for closure for decades,” Gray said. “It’s disturbing how determined the Queensland opposition are in trying to force us to keep burning coal,” he said.“You can’t achieve 75% emissions reductions by 2035, and keep the polluting Callide coal fired power station going into the future.”
The premier accused the opposition of hiding a secret agenda and lacking a positive vision for the state’s future.
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