Government to set target by regulation in crawl to defuse internal opposition – and court LaborThe Turnbull government is preparing to set the emissions reduction target for the national energy guarantee by regulation rather than legislation in a crawl to court Labor’s support and defuse some internal tensions approximately enshrining the Paris climate commitments in Australian law.
The government is working up the regulatory option ahead of cabinet deliberations next week – as well as expediting a power price fix linked to the Neg, which will likely involve setting default pricing for electricity consumers and punitive measures to stop big energy companies extracting super profits from their customers. Related: Will Labor support the Neg ... or let it fail? – Australian politics live podcast Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com