Spectre of ‘climate wars’ looms in Queensland as LNP urged to back government’s emissions reduction target

Two months into the job, Miles says his emissions reduction bill will make Queensland a ‘world leader’. Photograph: Darren England/AAP

Environmentalists have implored Queensland’s opposition party to “end the climate wars” by backing the government’s carbon emissions reduction target as renewables industry leaders also call for bipartisanship on the issue.

Newly minted premier, Steven Miles, introduced a bill to legislate an ambitious target of cutting carbon emissions by 75% by 2035 in state parliament Wednesday.