'Luck not design' will enable Australia to meet 2020 emissions targets

By Lisa Cox
Updated March 23 2015 - 8:08pm, first published 2:33pm
Environment Minister Greg Hunt Photo: Andrew Meares
Environment Minister Greg Hunt Photo: Andrew Meares
Environment Minister Greg Hunt Photo: Andrew Meares
Environment Minister Greg Hunt Photo: Andrew Meares
Environment Minister Greg Hunt Photo: Andrew Meares
Environment Minister Greg Hunt Photo: Andrew Meares
Environment Minister Greg Hunt Photo: Andrew Meares
Environment Minister Greg Hunt Photo: Andrew Meares
Carbon reduction goals may be within closer than thought.
Carbon reduction goals may be within closer than thought.

If Australia meets its 5 per cent emissions reduction target by 2020 it will be by "luck not design" a leading economist has said, as the government published new figures showing the task ahead of Australia has almost halved.

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