The biggest annual drop in Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions outside the COVID-19 pandemic has been driven by record output from renewable energy that is squeezing more coal and gas out of the power grid.
The Albanese government yesterday seized the official figures showing a 2.2 per cent emissions drop in the year to June 30 as proof that its pro-renewable energy policies were working.
Labor has come under heavy criticism from the Coalition, which earlier this month dumped its support for Australia’s net zero emissions goal while insisting the government’s climate commitments are unachievable and are failing to reduce emissions.
Record levels of renewable energy in the electricity grid are displacing coal and driving down emissions.Credit: Bloomberg
Those attacks escalated after a 10-minute partial blackout in Parliament House during question time on Wednesday that prompted howls of laughter from the Coalition directed at Energy Minister Chris Bowen.
However, new data from the Department of Climate Change and Energy shows that emissions are down 2.2 per cent in the year to June 2025, in welcome news for the Labor government.
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