The Gulf delivers the climate target Canberra couldn't

SMH · Mike Foley, Shane Wright · Wednesday 3 June 2026

The Gulf delivers the climate target Canberra couldn't

Surging petrol prices from the Iran war are pushing motorists into EVs faster than any government policy managed, putting the 2035 climate target back within reach.

A decade of climate policy couldn't shift the fleet. Three weeks of war in the Gulf did it for them. Bowen will stand at the lectern and claim the credit for a petrol price the Ayatollah set.

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