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Here are the main stories on 2 June:
- Samoa’s PM says China’s expectation of Pacific-wide deal “something we could not agree to” as Australia’s foreign minister, Penny Wong, makes her second visit to the region.
- Gas market trigger won’t fix “bin fire” left by Coalition, energy minister Chris Bowen says.
- Tanya Plibersek seeks “urgent briefing” over Coalition scrapping of recovery plans.
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Greg Mullins, the longest-serving former fire commissioner in Australia, predicts the Albanese government will ramp up its 2030 emissions reduction target.
- Failed Liberal candidate Katherine Deves says media “whipped up a frenzy” over trans comments.
- Another monkeypox case detected in NSW.
- Australia records 57 Covid deaths.
We will see you all back here tomorrow.
Updated
The longest-serving former fire commissioner in Australia, Greg Mullins, has predicted the Albanese government will ramp up its 2030 emissions reduction target over the coming years, because Labor is prepared to take advice from experts.
Mullins made the prognostication after meeting the new climate change minister Chris Bowen in Canberra on Thursday.
Mullins met Bowen with colleagues from Emergency Leaders for Climate Action – an expert group that attempted to warn the Morrison government about the impending bushfire catastrophe ahead of the 2019-20 fire season, but were ignored.
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