'Direct action' will achieve 5% emissions reduction 'easily': Greg Hunt

By Lisa Cox and Mark Kenny
Updated April 24 2014 - 8:08pm, first published 7:40pm
Environment Minister Greg Hunt says companies that exceed carbon emission benchmarks will face no penalties before 2015 under "direct action". Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Environment Minister Greg Hunt says companies that exceed carbon emission benchmarks will face no penalties before 2015 under "direct action". Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Environment Minister Greg Hunt has said the government will easily meet its 2020 target of a 5 per cent reduction on emissions, despite concerns that the government is not spending enough on its "direct action" scheme and that it will have trouble passing the legislation through a hostile Senate.

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