The Coalition denies emissions will be higher if it wins the election. What do the facts say?

In terms of what happens to Australia’s carbon emissions after the election, experts say the difference between the Coalition and Labor is clear. Photograph: Mark Baker/AP

The Coalition has disputed claims that greenhouse gas emissions would be higher if it won the election than under a returned Labor government. It points to its record between 2013 and 2022 compared with what has happened under Labor over the past three years.

Speaking to the ABC’s RN Breakfast on Monday, the Coalition climate change and energy spokesperson, Ted O’Brien, said “under the former Coalition government you saw emissions fall” – from 12% to 29% less than 2005 levels. And that in Labor’s three years in office emissions “have flatlined”, showing the ALP has “failed”.