Shadow Agriculture Minister Joel Fitzgibbon says Labor is dedicated to maintaining its commitment to Paris "without doing any harm to the economy". Mr Fitzgibbon told Sky News on Thursday the Coalition signed up to the agreement but Prime Minister Scott Morrison was not keeping his commitment.
“He claims he is on target but he avoids talking about Paris because emissions are rising year on year and have been for the last four years,” he said. “Labor needs to spend the next 18 months or so working out how other policies to reduce carbon emissions in the economy can be progressed… and we’ve got plenty of time, the commitment is there.” Image: News Corp Australia
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