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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Katharine Murphy and Adam Morton

Ex-fire chief predicts Labor will strengthen 2030 climate target after meeting minister

Left to right: Former ACT emergency services commissioner Peter Dunn, former NSW fire commissioner Greg Mullins and climate change and energy minister Chris Bowen speak in Canberra after meeting on Thursday.
Left to right: Former ACT emergency services commissioner Peter Dunn, former NSW fire commissioner Greg Mullins and climate change minister Chris Bowen speak in Canberra after a meeting on Thursday. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

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.

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