Australia’s Deputy PM Questions Cost of 2050 Climate Targets

Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on June 23, 2021. Sam Mooy/Getty Images

Australian Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has likened agreeing to a policy of net zero emissions by 2050 to going into a restaurant and ordering a meal without knowing what you are getting and how much it will cost.