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Mazengarb says business and investors need better knowledge of what the transition actually looks like.

“Businesses and investors, the energy sector, really want that detail to know where we’re going. The modelling doesn’t provide it.

“The plan doesn’t really provide it and I think there’s still questions and uncertainty is still there. And the government is still going to be asked for that detail.”

Mazengarb says there is a lack of detail in the report.

“This modelling does sort of look like something that’s been sort of put together right at the last minute. It has come out after the policy has been announced.

“We heard through Senate estimates the government was still writing the modelling report even after they made the policy announcement.”

Michael Mazengarb from Renew Economy is on the ABC talking about the modelling.

“The government’s plan has outlined a few different sectors where they expect the emissions reductions to occur.

“They expect around 60% of those emission reductions to occur within the Australian economy itself. So this is through reduction in electricity emissions, cuts to waste transport emissions.

“There’s another 25% or so which the government is expecting to through international carbon offsets. So buying offsets from overseas.

“And there’s this remaining 15% gap which the government has basically just said we might be able to beat our assumptions in terms of emissions cuts in the electricity sector or new technologies might emerge that we haven’t expected.

“And that’s what they’re counting on to give them the last 15% and really we don’t know what that is. It’s just a bit of a guess, really.”

We’ve got a bit more info on Victoria’s new consent laws here for anyone who wants to read further:

WA police have called off the search in Lancelin for missing man Matthew Phillips, who is believed to have been attacked by a shark on the weekend.

Members of the public are asked to keep watch for any diving equipment that may be located in the water or washed ashore in Lancelin and any waters/beaches to the immediate north and south.

Of particular interest are any signs of the diving suit, diving bag, equipment and flippers seen in the attached photos of Phillips’s diving gear.

Any member of the public who finds such items is asked to record the exact time and location (GPS coordinates if possible), take a photo of the equipment in-situ, and contact police immediately on 131 444.

Guardian Australia’s very own Amy Remeikisis about to appear on Afternoon Briefing with PK to analyse the government’s net zero modelling. I’ll bring you the best bits of that for those who can’t tune in.

There are still flood warnings in place in South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.

NSW is being hit hardest, with parts of the state copping almost 100mm of rain in the last 24 hours.

For those on the southeast of the country, you can expect a wet, cold and in parts wild weekend.

Tame said she felt heard and hopeful after the meeting:

“There are incredible achievements that we have already seen from state to state. I guess, what the aim is of the meeting like this … is getting the states and territories to get together and identify which of the best existing models of legislation in this area and rising to that model and that standard.”