The Latest Breaking News from Peter Dutton

Peter Dutton says the Coalition will not set a 2030 emissions reduction target unless it wins the next election

Opposition leader Peter Dutton on Tuesday reiterated the Coalition’s support for the Paris climate agreement, following suggestions he might walk away from the deal. But he fuelled speculation the Coalition plans to scrap Australia’s current 2030 emissions target and confirmed he won’t announce the Coalition’s proposed target before the election.

Prime minister Anthony Albanese says confused stance risks ‘chasing away’ investment and there will be ‘regrettable’ consequences for global relationships

This blog is now closed

The Coalition’s rejection of a 43% cut in emissions by 2030 will have major ramifications for us and the world

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the opposition Liberal Party will renege on the nation’s ambitious target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 if it wins elections due within a year

Prime minister confident Australia can meet 2030 emissions targets as alternative would be ‘catastrophic’

An opposition plan to rework interim climate commitments has attracted the ire of the prime minister, who says 2030 goals are achievable.

A national Newspoll, conducted June 3–7 from a sample of 1,232, had Labor and the Coalition tied at 50–50, a two-point gain for the Coalition since the post-budget Newspoll, three weeks ago. This is Labor’s worst position in Newspoll since last November, following the fallout from the defeat of the…

Labor and the coalition are neck and neck on a two-party preferred basis as Australians struggle with the pressure to survive in a cost-of-living crisis.

In his latest foray into the climate change debate, Peter Dutton has sown fresh confusion around the opposition’s policy, whether intentionally or by failing to spell out what he means.