Labor is going to the election with ambitious policies on reducing carbon emissions and increasing renewable energy.
NSW Labor's advertisement is misleading. The notion that emissions never fell under the Howard government is shown in the advertisement itself to be inaccurate. It is also inaccurate when earlier years of the Howard government are included. The idea that emissions only rise under Liberal governments is disproved by more recent data about emissions under the Rudd-Gillard government that was available when the advertisement was published, and by emissions data under the Hawke-Keating government. Since 1990, emissions rose in 9 of the 13 years the Liberals were in government, compared with three of the 12 years Labor held government. Experts say that with the exception of the carbon tax, factors outside federal government policy have had more of an impact on carbon emissions.
Fact check: Do carbon emissions always rise under the Coalition?
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