Budget analysis shows climate-change commitments to be left to the 11th hour

By Lisa Cox
Updated May 26 2014 - 4:13pm, first published 7:47am
Environment Minister Greg Hunt addresses the media. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Environment Minister Greg Hunt addresses the media. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

More than three quarters of the cut in greenhouse gas emissions needed for Australia to meet its international commitments on climate change would be left to the last minute under the government's direct action plan, a budget analysis suggests.

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