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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Zoe Daniel

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: The attack on australia s net zero target is reckless and gutless voters expect more than intergenerational bastardry | History Defined

Barnaby Joyce and Michael McCormack
‘The first sitting of the 48th parliament typified time-wasting point-scoring politics with former Nationals leaders Barnaby Joyce and Michael McCormack teaming up to push for the repeal of the legislated net zero target.’ Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

“Renewables continue to prove themselves as the most cost-competitive source of new electricity generation,” says a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency.

It has caused the UN secretary general, António Guterres, to declare: “We are on the cusp of a new era. Fossil fuels are running out of road. The sun is rising on a clean energy age.”

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