Queensland Premier Steven Miles has introduced legislation into the state’s Parliament to cut climate change emissions by 75 percent.
The bill sets out emissions reduction targets in Queensland and also commits the minister to making 2040 and 2045 targets in the future.
Mr. Miles, who was sworn into the top job in December, presented the Clean Economy Jobs Bill 2024 to the Parliament (pdf) on Feb. 14.
The premier said he first became interested in climate change in 2007 when his wife Kim was expecting their son, Sam.
“Now, as the state’s premier, I think it is important to protect not just my children’s future but the future of all Queenslanders,” he said....
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