An instinctively middle-of-the-road government has charted a middle-of-the-road trajectory to net zero via its long-delayed 2035 emissions reduction target .

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Labor's gaping 62-70 per cent range has been pitched at what the Albanese cabinet assesses to be the sweet spot between policy and politics, physics and fearmongering.

The latter looms large in its memory. After the demise of Kevin Rudd's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme bill and the collapse of the Labor government's standing which followed, climate politics has been as treacherous as a king tide.

This is ironic because Ju

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