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The Coalition wants to dump our 2030 emissions target, yet somehow hit 2050’s. Behavioural economics has a name for that

  • Written by: Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
The Coalition wants to dump our 2030 emissions target, yet somehow hit 2050’s. Behavioural economics has a name for thatLove Silhouette/Shutterstock

If you are anything like me, the nearer you get to a deadline, the more desperately you want to postpone it, no matter how much harder that makes things down the track.

It’s what the Coalition wants Australia to do about its 2030 emissions reduction target – the one signed into law in 2022 and registered with...

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