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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Josh Butler

Then and now: what Peter Dutton and the Coalition used to say about a 2030 emissions target

Scott Morrison and Peter Dutton in parliament in 2021
Scott Morrison and Peter Dutton in parliament in 2021. The following year Dutton said of the 43%-by-2030 emissions target that he was ‘happy to see it go much higher’. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Peter Dutton says the Coalition will not name its 2030 emissions reduction target before the next election. His Liberal and National party colleagues have enthusiastically backed this decision to decline to tell voters their plans before voting day.

But Dutton and the Coalition had a decidedly different stance before the 2022 election, goading Labor – then in opposition – for not naming their proposed emissions reduction goal. Labor did name its target well before that election, in December 2021 committing to a 43% cut by 2030.

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