Afternoon Update: Labor releases plan to cut industrial emissions; Melbourne Victory fined; and Prince Harry's book reviewed
The Albanese government has released its plan to revamp the safeguard mechanism – a Coalition policy that promised to reduce emissions from our biggest industrial polluters but actually resulted in the opposite. Labor has proposed a policy makeover. The government's plan will require big polluters to cut emissions by 5% a year until 2030, but will controversially allow them to continue buying carbon offsets from companies that pollute less. How the government regulates the safeguard mechanism is a big deal, given the polluting facilities included in the policy are responsible for 28% of the nation's emissions. If Australia is to meet its 43% emissions reduction target by 2030, this policy has to work.
Jan-10-2023, 06:03:08 GMT
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