Minister told states target could be reviewed,but backbencher warns they may not like the resultDissident Liberal MP Craig Kelly has declared the energy minister, Josh Frydenberg, and is taking a risk by offering the states a review of the government’s proposed emissions reduction target for electricity.
With the national energy guarantee heading for a make-or-wreck assembly in early August,Frydenberg this week offered an olive branch, telling state energy ministers the Neg’s 26% emissions target could be reviewed in 2024 – four years after it is due to be implemented – stepping back from an ambit claim that it be locked in for a decade.
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Source: theguardian.com