Prime Minister Scott Morrison has refused to commit to a target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050, despite describing it as "achievable".The Federal Opposition has pledged to meet the net zero emissions target by 2050Ahead of the release of the Federal Government's long-awaited technology roadmap for the energy sector this week, Mr Morrison said zero emissions would be achieved in the second half of this century.
"That's what actually matters to people, that's what changes their lives, and so that's what we're delivering. And when we make a commitment, we meet it. And we don't just meet it we beat it." But federally, the Coalition has long been divided over climate change and energy policy, with some Government backbenchers deeply opposed to any 2050 target.
That's because it's absurd
He thinks God will fix everything. That’s why we’re fucked
Good!!!! Sensible!!!! Zero emission Stop breathing too?
I'm voting for the next leader that does have our future at heart.
That's like committing to get rid of a currently growing cancer by quitting cigarettes by the year 2050. 🤮
Good
Not should he. Headline should read.. PM won’t commit economic suicide.
Good, what a complete waste of money committing to shit like that.
Wow! He's growing Balls and Gaul. Good Work SCOMO
It's the classic case of failing to plan equals planning to fail!
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And the planet said cheers, c*nt!
Good, what a ridiculous concept !
constan10101 Shut down the cesspool known as the ABC !
Why the hell would he. Defund the abc. DanMustGo
vote him out!!!! scomo auspol destroying our future ClimateAction ClimateEmergency ClimateCrisis
Tank9999 SQott doing his version of this classic...
For a Government that was emphatically agnostic on technology now embraces it wholeheartedly is delightful. Pray tell us PM, which technology is your Government committed to delivering to market that reduces carbon emissions too? It sounds brilliant and what I want, apparently.
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Why not?
That's because he's full of toxic gas and would need to be eradicted to meet the target. He's not called Scumo for nothing.
And if he had have said it, your headline would read “PM’s promise of net zero carbon emissions by 2050 cannot be believed!”
Australia is going to be so left behind, even the Saudi's are preparing their economies for the post-oil era, its so embarrassing. Almost as embarrassing as the light rail in Sydney and our poor infrastructure given we are such a wealthy country. Corruption in Oz politics is rife
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Good. Our competitors refused to commit either
Because he’s an evangelical bully who preaches on behalf of corporate interest.
Morrison is happy to support massive ecocide of millions of people.
Total L.
SwannyQLD Hooray it’s about time we had Pollies who listen to the people and not pockets of extremists and / or greedy opportunists!
For shame!
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He needs to accept that nuclear power is our best option.
Whats the black flag on his clothing
Grow up Morrison your children are affected by this platen re election move. Weakness to use renewable technologies is inexcusable and makes your government accountable to future generations. Renewable technology creates jobs which will maintain communities.
Why would you want to starve trees of carbon dioxide, are you a tree killer
What ScoMo says about zero carbon emissions by 2050 is moot because he doesn't know what the world will be like by then, and because, like the Covid-19 virus, severe planetary climate emergencies will force us to drastically lock down carbon emissions much sooner. He's a fossil.
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Good on ScottMorrisonMP for standing up to you wankers, the priority is reliable & affordable energy. Setting unrealistic targets is for you lefty handringers to fret over.
Tony Abbott wouldn’t commit to gay marriage and we got that done.
Burn the country to the ground
Great news. Zero emissions would make energy more expensive, not mentioning impact on the reliability.
... because its fucking ridiculous
So, covid is over then. 😂
This is impossible whilewe have concrete for example
Zero carbon is fake news co2 plant food & minor gas doesn't cause warming or change
Awesome! Well done PM! We have bigger problems to deal with getting ourselves with this CoVid economy downturn! Hamstringing the economy with net ommisiions and the billions this will cost should not be on anyone’s agenda!
He won’t be around then and neither will Albo. So why believe in targets?
Scott, commit to nuclear research. Make Australian the leader in nuclear power technology.
SwannyQLD He will be long gone by then.
Excellent.
Useless
SwannyQLD why dies he bother coming on? loads of bafflegab and nothing else.
Good
“PM Refuses....” Pathetic leading words.
There will be BOWLING BALL size hail before the year 2050,what will countries do then
Good
Thankful for small mercies. 👍
Reading the responses. Do you sweep your own little drive way? Or your part of the street. Do you wash your dishes. Wash you cloths. Make your bed everyday. Vacuum your house. Clean your windows. Wash you hands. Brush your teeth. Have a shower. Why bother? I think you care
Is he going to commit to low cost energy?
He also cannot commit to not going to Hawaii when we have the next Climate Fire Emergency
Our PM is a dishonest fool. I'm glad I don't have children to deal with the desolation of the future.
We will all be long dead by 2050...
A fossil
Can anyone explain what the alternatives are? Or do we just stop generating power, driving, manufacturing and move back into caves?
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He loves coal and spurts gas No surprise there
Anyone surprised here?
The PM refuses to commit to anything because he thinks the Rapture is just around the corner, but it's cute how y'all pretend SQott's ideologies and cult beliefs do not impact our lives negatively - every single day. auspol nonesoblindasthosewhowillnotsee bebrave
Good
That was a smart decision!
PM won’t commit to anything outside of shifting public money to people who don’t need it. 50 years of this crap. When do we wake up?
What a joke. Another let down. It will be too late by 2050.
Good! CO2 is fertilizer!
ScottMorrisonMP future generations will judge you and curse you. You have to be one of the most short sighted and uncaring leaders this country has seen.
Good. We need to bring back manufacturing!!
Is this a surprise ? It would only be a surprise if he did commit!
This is stupid he won’t be around then
Good, we shouldn’t be chasing our tail, zero emissions is the biggest con job ever created
SwannyQLD He has a problem with gas apparently.
SwannyQLD It is nonsense
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What a backward corrupt PM. Sad to see Australian voting for these sort of people. I wish we had a progressive society instead of close minded backward one.
Good what a stupid commitment to make 30 years out.
Yes Minister again
Zero Carbon Emissions is a Stupid Target used to cripple Western economies 😬
or anything else...
No surprise really, given most of them don't believe in climate change anyway. They will wiggle and worm their way to minimal action shrouded in empty words. Why we need AusProgressive who base all policy direction on science and evidence.
Good. 'Net zero' is a Leftist's wet dream, nothing to do with reality. Thank you ScottMorrisonMP
Only stupid will commit
Good ...
Good for him!
Mr Bullshit fart a again.
Good. Anyone who claims current CO2 levels are too high is pushing unscientific lies in order to further an agenda other than 'saving the planet'. 400 ppm CO2 is at least half the level plants evolved with to photosynthesise optimally. They know more than Marxists.
Just end the sentence at “ PM refuses to commit” and save time!
Morrison is no leader.
Ok scomo now on tomore pressing matters
Gutless wonder.
Good. I'm sure we will realise nothing bad happened to 'planet A' by then and it was all a poor attempt by the UN to use climate change and covid - 19 to take control of the world under communism
Let's all try to be realistic instead of fanciful
'PM refuses to commit to net zero carbon emissions by 2050' What the ABC meant to say was that the PM restated Government policy and refused to be bullied into changing it on the fly on Sunday morning TV. auspol
Excellent.
No! Come on! I can’t believe it! He has always been an environmental warrior in the past! Except that time he brought a lump of coal into Parliament and his Govt & his friends from News denied Global Warming had anything to do with last summers 🔥! Australia we are lucky he’s PM
THIS MAN MAKES ME FURIOUS. ClimateEmergency NetZero auspol
Of course. He’ll be gone by then. Let others clean up the mess.
What a little bulldog.
Yes because it’s impossible. Please highlight some practical approach and contents as a headline.
Good.
Fantastic!
Whilst politicians have been pontificating on the energy debate, industry has been purposefully and methodically building new infrastructure with a myriad of projects in various stages of design and construction. Whatever politicians are saying or not doing is just white noise.
Fucking hell, that is such a fucking huge window. That's 30 fucking years, he'll be dead by then lmao, or at the very least long retired. The LNP does not care for the future AT ALL.
Cowardly silence of the ABC 'journalists' on Julian Assange.
That should be political suicide. Not in Australia I’m afraid.
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What roadmap. He has no plan at all.
The carbon king 🤴 he knows where his party donors 💵 from corruptscottyfrommarketing
Good. No reason to give away ourlives for something that doesn’t make a difference.
Why are politicians such arses?
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Good, that is why he won the last election. He has NO mandate to sign us up to anymore destructive anti-Australian policies. Why is he being pressured by media to go AGAINST the will of the people?
This has been my life long joke and it's not even funny. Politicians are full of shit! They've been on this for fifty years and we are deeper and deeper on a path to self annihilation, cos nothing gets done. C'mon Scomo. It's already too late.
Good!!
Good refusal. Can anyone guarantee the world exterminate Chicoms by 2050? If not, then refuse it. Otherwise Chicoms China would claim they are a developing country, they are allowed to emit more carbon, your firms relocate to China, you lose your job.
TheirABC rooting for the UN & NWO. Time to DefundTheABC & put the luvvies on subscription.
This PM doesn’t commit to anything, so why would this be any different
Stick net zero emissions up your ass ABC
And nor should he sacrifice our future....
The environment is too big a job for the current federal government.... big surprise....
I am ok with more action on CC, which is why i voted ALP. But the voters chose the LNP even with their CC policy. Next election maybe, but now the ALP have reduced their CC action plan. 🤷♂️ Even though I did not vote for the LNP they are keeping their promise, good on them.👍
What a surprise...
I think he believes he and his family will be raptured before 2050
Net zero is a joke. GREAT decision PM.
Lets face zero carbon emissions is impossible as all living creatures emitt CO2.
Young voters will hold him accountable at the next election we need real policy’s on global warming immediately 😡
that is the least of our worries. let our devastated economy recover. rid us from these dictators and screwed up public servants.
Good news for Australia.
Great news.
ThisisNotJournalism
And?
PM refuses to commit to meaningless, economy destroying emissions target.
Not it good enough.
Great news!
He's being realistic.
Yep, why not leave it to the 22nd century, he’ll and some of his Science illiterate mates will be dead by then !!!!!!
Hang on! Wasn't Morrison supposed to come from a communications background, a Prime Minister, any Minister who won't answer questions is not to be trusted.
People who burn fossil fuels are oxygen thieves (think about it). For PMScotty, oxygen theft is even less a problem than wage theft, which he also doesn't care about. But steal $9 from CentreLink & he'll hunt you down-he needs it for his surplus. Hypocrisy, thy name is Scotty
markbjardine Good. Australia is too small to make any difference either way, even if you subscribe to the theory of man-created weather change.
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Don't worry Scotty, the rest of the world will laugh at you for being a fool by not committing, we will just wait for the next election when you will get the order of the boot and your replacement will commit.
quelle surprise!!
I wonder what bs he tells his children? As a parent in a position to do something he really should hang his head in shame. I am absolutely disgusted.
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AndyOz2 Good because it's not me you or co2, it's the sun. Grand Solar Minimum, weakening magnetic field, cooling and shifting agricultural zones. POTUS knows.
Highly predictable😴
PM refuses........ To work on weekends..
Newsflash: Bloke who brought a lump of coal into parliament not that chuffed by bringing down carbon emissions.
No surprises here
AndyOz2 Well done
and who is surprised?
Excellent news.
so the ozone depletion...
it's really going to suck here when all the bush has burnt up and the topsoil begins to settle on our cities
LNP corruption is worse than many other countries.
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Since the Grand Solar Minimum 25 is here and it's cooling the planet. Well, both sides of the argument may come down to. How cheaply can we stay warm. If you watch the ABC then you've probably never even heard if the GSM
Great job. We don’t want Green poverty, renewables are a scam.
Australia does not want to lead in any areas other than COVID-19 anti-China campaigns.
Doesn't matter, he'll be long gone by then and the market will have delivered renewable solutions he's too stupid to even contemplate.
Why should he commit to some random target that’s 30 years away? We don’t know what new energy technology will be available before then. Plus scientist can’t accurately predict what carbon levels will be in 2yrs time let alone 30 years. Let’s not have the tail wag the dog.
Just give me reasonable energy costs .
His commitment is to himself, his family and his church - sadly he hasn’t shown this to his country.
Haha the comments in this thread are pure ABC. So much wailing and gnashing of teeth.
This is selfish and short sighted in my humble opinion.
No need to commit to the climate change hoax.
Good
Weak
Excellent, he should get rid of any target
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BREAKING: PM of Australia is spineless. Is owned by mining industry.
Somebody has there holidays planned for the next 30 years.
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If the summer we had didn't change his mind then nothing will. Even if we became the next Sahara, he would still advocate for coal and gas. It's a mirage and it seems most of us are happy to drink the sand.
auspol ClimateChange the liberals are removing funding from genuine green energy & investing heavily by giving large fossil fuel companies millions for so called 'carbon capture'. Angus taylor says its the biggest In the world but what hes not saying is theres been ZERO CAUGHT.
Eminently sensible.
You hope 30 years should be long enough to get the parties to agree!!
Wrong...
His doing fine.........andnot one to bow to Green gay warriors.
So after 6 - 9 months of nil travel and a reduction in global emissions, not one iota of difference. Keep believe the girl with ash burgers who’s great gift is that she can see carbon. Baaaaaaaaaaa
We could energize the country with bullshit. We may run out of sun and wind, but never bullshit
Well done scomo, that climate change is a total scam
Good man,my PM !!!!
AndyOz2 Good. He has brains ! Don’t sell us down the BS path
WEAK!!! If Morrison chooses to ignore the experts, because he and his 'Liberal' cohort are afraid of the truth, he should give up his place for someone with guts... and preferably a brain.
The Prime Minister must be a climate denier.
They way climate change is burning up our planet there may be no people left by 2050
If the cost of renewal is lower than the non renewable, then we can do this. So scientists please do your job
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Why would he commit to economic suicide when science says that Australia mazes zero impact to world climate change.
I am ok with more action on CC, which is why i voted ALP. But the voters choose the LNP even with their CC policy. Next election maybe, but now the ALP have reduced their CC action plan. 🤷♂️ Even though I did not vote for the LNP they are keeping their promise, good on them.👍
I absolutely refuse to commit my vote for him or any LNP next election. And I once was a chair of a (then) Country Party branch and delegate to conferences ... I could see the cronyism starting back then with Robert Sparks et al
Good,
Short term ideology “ with long term affects
the way this government works I'm surprised he doesn't just say he's committed then do nothing
It's more about keeping the donors and lobbyists happy than looking after the interests of their children.
He’s like an Animated Oil Slick.
Australia is a carbon emission producing country (sell coals). Period.
The Cunning & destructive Liberals are going dead-last for the rest of my life at every election from now on No other political party causes so much conflict and division as they do and also real Govt corruption is way out of control under these Liberals & Nationals
Again...opposition silence. Cue crickets. Zzzzzzzzz...
Excellent news.
Get a raise recently of $11,000 and best he can do for Australian public is a pre record segment on insiders? What are we actually paying for again? auspol Australia
This is why they call him SloMo
By then, Australia will be a failed state while the rest of the world has overtaken us left and right. Time to get rid of ScottMorrisonMP, the MP who only executes orders from his bosses, Rupert and FF lobbyists.
Good, that’s exactly why he was voted in instead of Shorten. Thank you for standing up for working class people, PM.
And delivered with his usual degree of 'smirkness'.
Hes the hot gas PM. Just wants more coal and more gas. Tosspot.
Then he should be voted out asap. He's on the wing side of history. He's a fool
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Being elected my the people and for the people. You should be doing everything you can to protect the environment for of generations. Stand for something that worth while
Appalling. Clearly hasn’t factored in economic & social costs of unchecked climate change.
PM ScottMorrisonMP is right dont commit to environmental globalists bs commitment. We should build more coal plants and be energy independent.
'We are led by the least among us - the least intelligent, the least noble, the least visionary.' 😢
GOOD !!!!!!!!! MAYBE HE IS THE ONLY POLLIE WITH A WORKING BRAIN & CAN SEE THROUGH THE U.N LIES AUS-EXIT PLEASE
He refuses to do anything at all
Crony capitalism ripe on Australia. This guy is a criminal. He should be in gaol.
Carbon dioxide emissions good, clean environment bad...
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History is going to remember him very poorly.
If this was an 'in principle' commitment indicating great intention then it would be a true legacy of this government.
He is not a PM, he's a fool with slogans.
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People will vote to have that changed.
Excellent i will vote for him.
Good.
'... on its own, just reaching net zero in 2050 is nowhere near enough' What does net zero emissions mean? climatecouncil ClimateAction
As usually, Morison is denying climate science and investing in renewables in favour of coal and gas. Proving yet again he gives zero fucks about the environment. ScottyFromMarketing scottythesimp ScottyFromQanon ClimateChange LNPfail
Lack of vision.
He is owned by coal companies
Because he’s an evangelical bully who preaches on behalf of corporate interest.
kuku27 He is aware of parameters
Piss Weak leadership. Incompetence scovid19 corruption
How can a politician in 2020, commit to something that will have many twists and turns by 2050?
We all know Scott Morrison is brain dead. This is no surprise.
What would the reduction be in Australia to meet this target, as a % of global emissions? Just curious.
I like this guy! Good job!
He’s a ClimateChange denier. The fossil fuel industry are big donors to the lnp Follow the money 💰
Also refuses to work on weekends PartTimePM
The LNP are nothing but gasbags
Described another way, PM prefers non-renewable energy over renewable energy. How can any logical person think that a non-renewable and unsustainable anything is better?!
Won't commit til he knows the cost. When will a journo ask 'What it the cost of not committing' Need targets to plan and find cost options. auspol ClimateAction
Pm refused to answer many questions honestly
Perhaps the GAS told him to.....👻
PM refuses to front up in so many ways.
Joel Fitzgibbon and OTIS collectively cheer
Not ok with this at all
Please invite me to the fools paradise...
Australia needs PMs that are not in denial.
As long as India and China keep going the way they’re going we would make so small a difference that it wouldn’t matter.
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Whoops!
Reason. No plan
scottyfrommarketing prerecord coz better off doing a curry n having a beer on the weekend
Good stuff. Absolutely no reason to.
He needs to commit to nuclear.
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