NSW Government Pushes to Enshrine Net Zero Into Law

The Labor government has also committed $1.8 billion to ’rescue' NSW’s renewable energy transition.

Solar panels can be seen on the roof of a house in Albany, Western Australia, on Sept. 18, 2023. Susan Mortimer/The Epoch Times

The New South Wales government will push to enshrine emissions reduction targets into law, which will also see the establishment of an independent Net Zero Commission.

Thursday’s announcement is part of the Labor government’s Climate Change Bill, aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2030, and net zero by 2050.