Fact Check: Why Tony Abbott's claims on emissions targets get mixed verdicts

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Fact Check: Why Tony Abbott's claims on emissions targets get mixed verdicts

1 Sep 2015

RMIT ABC Fact Check

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Fact Check: Why Tony Abbott's claims on emissions targets get mixed verdicts

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Prime Minister Tony Abbott claims Australia's per capita emissions target for 2030 are 'the best in the developed world'.
Verdict: Incorrect, justified

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2015

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26 May 2020

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