“This is an ambitious goal – a goal recognised by the Australian Climate Round Table and internationally a goal recognised by global business leaders”.
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The tobacco excise will continue to increase by four 12.5% increases from July 1, 2017 if the opposition wins the next federal election, which will align our policies with countries such as France, The UK and New Zealand which sees 75% of the cost of a packet is tax.
Think-tank The Climate Institute said Labor’s target would cut emissions by 4.5 billion tonnes of Carbon dioxide by 2050.
Only 15 per cent of voters prefer Shorten as the alternative prime minister, the lowest level for any ALP leader in more than a decade and 49 points short of Turnbull’s rating.
“Stopping global warming means stopping new pollution”.
Bill Shorten has defended Labor’s target, labelling what he’s called the government’s “inaction” on climate change as ‘madness’.
Bill Shorten has suggested he will adopt a far tougher greenhouse target – a 45% cut in emissions by 2030 – compared with the Coalition’s promised cut of 26% to 28%.
‘When people say boots on the grounds, whose boots and on which ground?’ Mr Turnbull said.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says he is “optimistic” about the chances of a global agreement being reached at next week’s climate change talks in Paris.
Labor’s environment spokesman, Mark Butler, will undertake the consultations and report back in March next year.
“I’m going to keep working every day to make sure that Australians have the best possible choice when it comes to policies on climate change, jobs, education and health care”, he told reporters. “It’s a pretty big cost”, he said.
Government modelling by economist Warwick McKibbin shows the Coalition’s target would shave 0.6 per cent from gross domestic product by 2030.
“There are now no plans for a significant change in the level or the nature of Australia’s military commitment in Iraq and Syria”, he added.
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Earlier in the interview, the Prime Minister came close to critiquing Mr Abbott directly, when he rebuked people who have called on Australia to take “unilateral” action in Syria by sending soldiers into the region to tackle ISIS.
