Tony claims his government doesn't get climate credit, others are 'airy, fairy'

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he Abbott government does not get enough credit for its emissions reduction policies, Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said, as he revealed Australia will not announce post-2020 climate targets until August.

Tony Abbott - other countries
make 'airy fairy promises'.

Mr Abbott told a media conference on Monday that targets Australia will take to a global climate summit in Paris at the end of the year will not be made public until after a cabinet meeting at the beginning of August.

But he said the difference between Australia and the rest of the world was that "when we make commitments to reduce emissions we keep them."

"Other countries make all these airy-fairy promises that never come to anything," Mr Abbott said.

The government has previously said it would reveal Australia's targets in July and an announcement was widely expected this week to coincide with the major economies forum in the United States.

Read the Sydney Morning Herald story - “Other countries 'airy-fairy' on climate change, says Tony Abbott, as Australia delays new climate targets announcement”.