Federal Labor is promising no price on carbon as part of its policy road map to net zero emissions by 2050. Instead, opposition climate change spokesman Chris Bowen is working on a plan that includes community batteries, policies to subsidise electric cars cheaper, and a 10,000-place energy apprenticeships scheme. “No, an economy-wide carbon price isn’t partĀ of our policy development,” Bowen told ABC’s Insiders program on Sunday. “I think providing tax cuts for electric vehicles is a good indication of the way our thinking has developed.” Climate change policy has again been thrown to the centre of political debate with the return of Barnaby Joyce as Nationals leader after last week’s party spill. But Bowen says the deputy prime minister is out of touch with some members of his own community as Armidale Council in his electorate has declared a climate emergency. He said Labor has been clear that there will …
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