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No Barnaby, 2050 isn't far away. Next week's intergenerational report deals with 2061

  • Written by Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Barnaby Joyce has an answer to those who say Australia should commit to net zero carbon emissions by 2050. He says 2050 is too far away to be sure of anything.

As he put it in February while a backbencher, “many of the politicians and commentators talking about a 2050 aspiration will be dead by then”.

The man he...

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