Untargetted aims, aimless goals

This exchange on ABC-TV’s Lateline last night pretty much says it all…

TONY JONES: So what is your target for cuts to carbon emissions by 2020?

MALCOLM TURNBULL: We have not set a target, because we have aims. Our goals or our aims are to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions. We have agreed to one target, which was the Kyoto target, and we will meet that. ...