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Vital Signs: Albanese to come clean on emissions targets, but a carbon price is still hush-hush

  • Written by Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW
Vital Signs: Albanese to come clean on emissions targets, but a carbon price is still hush-hushAnthony Albanese in Nimbin, NSW, on November 12 2019 amid a season of a catastrophic bushfires. Jason O'Brien/AAP

The Australian Labor Party is set to announce its target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions today.

At the 2016 and 2019 elections, Labor promised net zero emissions by 2050 and a cut of 45% on 2005 levels by 2030. Among the promises it...

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