It comes as Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s plan for net zero emissions by 2050 will be presented to cabinet on Wednesday morning – ahead of the Glasgow climate summit.
“From the agricultural industry, most of the industry associations – cattle and so forth – are saying we can get net-zero by even earlier, by 2030-2040 – we want to get moving on this,” he told Sky News Australia.“So all these things could come together if the government gets it right – because they’ve got industries and farmers are actually all on side.”