Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

Again, if I do not deal with this in the way that Senator Milne wants me to then I will take it on notice to the extent that I will ask Mr Combet to see if he wants to provide anything additional to what I have to say today.

The government will retain the ability to move up its existing 2020 target range of five to 15 per cent, or 25 per cent below the 2000 levels, if conditions on the extent of global action are met. These are current negotiations, and the independent Climate Change Authority will retain its role of recommending a national target and ETS carbon budget by early 2014. The Clean Energy Future legislation also contains a long-term target to reduce Australia's carbon pollution by 80 per cent of the 2050 levels compared with 2000 levels.