Prime Minister Scott Morrison doesn't mind what Australians think of the coalition's targets for reducing carbon emissions.
But he hopes they'll appreciate the government has shown exactly how it will reach those goals.
"People can criticise my targets, they're welcome to do that, but I've laid out very clearly how I'm going to meet it," he told ABC's Radio National on Friday.
Mr Morrison announced on Monday the government will spend $3.5 billion over 10 years on climate initiatives, including new pumped hydro storage, so Australia can meet its 2030 target of lowering emissions by 26 to 28 per cent.
The prime minister said Labor hasn't made clear how they intend to hit their more ambitious target for a 45 per cent reduction in emissions.
"At least I'm telling people and being transparent and upfront about it," Mr Morrison said.
But Labor leader Bill Shorten said he would not take lectures from a "climate-denying government".
"This is a government that will never get climate change right because they are fundamentally divided," he told reporters in Sydney.
The opposition will increase the contribution of renewable energy to the nation's power to 50 per cent, and ramp up the number of solar batteries in households, he said.
"We'll take real action on climate change."
The government's latest emissions data, released this week, shows that while emissions dropped in the September quarter compared with the previous three months, they rose by 0.9 per cent on an annual basis.
