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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Ben Smee

Peter Dutton’s plan to ditch 2030 emissions target would drive up power bills, Penny Wong says

A residential power bill at a home in Adelaide
Penny Wong said Peter Dutton’s energy policy ‘will lead to higher electricity bills for Australians’. Photograph: David Mariuz/AAP

Penny Wong has warned that ditching 2030 greenhouse gas reduction targets would lead to higher electricity prices as Peter Dutton foreshadowed an election campaign fought on energy policy.

The opposition leader told Sky News on Sunday that energy would be a “big difference between the two parties as we head into the next election”, a week after backing away from Australia’s legislated 2030 emissions target of a 43% cut compared with 2005 levels.

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