CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 18 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release:
Today, we're announcing Australia's next step in acting on climate change and seizing the economic opportunity before our nation.
The Albanese Labor Government has accepted the Climate Change Authority's independent advice and will set our 2035 climate change target at a range of 62% to 70% reduction on 2005 emissions.
This is an ambitious but achievable target - sending the right investment signal, responding to the science and delivered with a practical plan. It builds on what we know are the lowest cost actions we can deliver over the next decade while leaving room for new technologies to take things up a gear.
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