Mathias Cormann has suggested Australians keep an open mind to nuclear power, saying there isn't "anything inherently partisan" about the energy source.

The Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) secretary-general also backed the Albanese government's current 2030 emissions reduction target as "well on track" and urged it to adopt an economically responsible and "globally effective" 2035 target.

He also cautioned the Reserve Bank of Australia against cutting official interest rates too fast and far, given ongoing fears about inflation.

Labor is on the cusp of announcing its next internationally binding climate target, and there is fierce debate over how ambitious it should be.

Emissions are down 28 per cent on the baseline year of 2005, which is littl

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