Labor and Coalition Lock Horns Over Australia’s 2030 Carbon Emission Targets

The Coalition wants to abolish Australia’s current 2030 carbon emission targets, while Labor is pushing ahead with its net zero emission strategy.

Electricity lines near emission funnels for the Bayswater coal-powered thermal power station in Muswellbrook, Australia, on Dec. 13, 2023. David Gray/AFP via Getty Images

The Labor government and Coalition have got into a heated debate over Australia’s carbon emission targets for 2030.

Last week, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton revealed that the Coalition wanted to abolish the Labor government’s target to reduce emissions by 43 percent from 2005 levels by the end of this decade if it won the next federal election.