The 2030 GHG emissions targets and longer term targets are all for a reduction in TOTAL GHG Emissions.
Any thing else is just spin. The last two parliaments have played games with how the data and reports are presented. The real level of improvement or failure by Australia re Green House Gas levels is buried in the back of half of most of the reports that are required to be presented to the UN. They are worth reading further for anyone with a keen interest. Anything that is reported per capita or GDP should be ignored. The long term commitments required are absolute or total emissions irrespective of population and GDP effects.
The other factor to remove (there is data that excludes this one) is the measurement referred to as LULUCF. It is a ball pack estimate of the effect of land clearing on whether Australia’s bush and forests are increasing their ability to take up carbon or loosing the ability. The latter mainly due to land clearing or less for property development.
