Other climate ideas include “a transmission fund through the CEFC to connect the new grid”, akin to Labor’s $20bn rewiring the nation plan, and to “cut taxes and consider new emissions standards for Australian cars to promote electric vehicles”, a policy championed by teal independents.īragg labels super a “significant failure” that “doesn’t get many people off the pension, costs the budget more than it saves and reduces agency and individual choices”.īragg wants a pause to super increases, which are legislated to lift from 10% to 12%, allow people to access super for housing “without heavy restrictions” and set up “a permanent system” to opt out of compulsory super in favour of higher wages “during certain periods”. In a policy manifesto released on Wednesday, Bragg echoes Malcolm Turnbull’s calls for climate policy to “move beyond ideology”, including by adopting more ambitious “emissions reduction signals at 20”. With former home affairs minister Karen Andrews withdrawing from the race on Tuesday, the deputy leadership is likely to be contested by Sussan Ley, favoured by conservatives, and moderates Jane Hume and Anne Ruston.
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