No guarantee of bipartisan support for 2020 emissions target

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ill Shorten has signalled Australia’s post-2020 emissions reduction target may not win bipartisan support if Tony Abbott forces Australia into “the path of lowest common denominator” in Paris later this year.

Labor leader, Bill Shorten.

The opposition leader told reporters on Tuesday bipartisanship was important on emissions reduction targets, but not at any cost.

The signal from Shorten comes as the Abbott government moves to formal consideration of the post-2020 emissions reduction target it will take to United Nations-led climate talks in Paris, which start on 30 November.

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