Can Queensland achieve net zero emissions by 2050? A look at the state’s carbon neutral scheme

The United Nations wants it. Our key trading partners and industries are doing it. Even New South Wales has a plan for it.

So where is the Queensland Government on achieving net zero emissions by 2050?

The Premier said her Government’s “major priority” after the election was delivering the budget, which was handed down last week.

Coming just a short time after an election campaign, it allows us to judge the Palaszczuk Government not on what it says but on what it does.

It’s the moment the Premier and Treasurer put their money where their mouth is.

In 954 pages of budget papers, there is…