Senate debates

Thursday, 12 August 2021

Questions without Notice

Climate Change

2:23 pm

Photo of Larissa WatersLarissa Waters (Queensland, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

The US Deputy Climate Envoy said overnight that Australia's targets are 'not sufficient' and that we should be considering at least 50 per cent by 2030. That is an unprecedented public rebuke. You copied the US target in 2015, albeit giving yourself five extra years to meet it. Will you now copy the US and double Australia's 2030 targets?

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