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<div>Climate 'culture war' will doom Australia to fail on emissions targets, Labor says</div>
Mark Butler says ‘we’re not going to get deep decarbonisation’ without end to toxic politicsAustralia will not achieve its emissions reductions targets until it ends the “culture war” on climate policy, Labor frontbencher Mark Butler has said.Speaking at the Carbon Market Institute emissions reduction conference in Melbourne on Wednesday, Butler said that Australia was a case study in how “toxic politics” could stymie efforts to decarbonise the economy. Related: Penny Wong says Labor will try and undo Abbott's legacy on climate policy Related: Frydenberg's Neg challenge is like climbing Everest with no oxygen | Katharine Murphy Continue reading...