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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Ben Smee

Australia will detail its 2035 emission targets ‘sometime next year’, Anthony Albanese says

A coal-fired power station in NSW
Australia is due to submit its 2035 target for emissions in 2025. Photograph: mikulas1/Getty Images

Anthony Albanese says Australia will detail its 2035 emission reduction targets “sometime next year”, in comments that raise the prospect the government might delay committing to a next-phase target until after the federal election.

Asked on ABC’s Insiders on Sunday whether his government could match the UK’s 2035 commitment to cut emissions by 81% on 1990 levels, the prime minister referred to Australia’s existing 2030 target.

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