The $20,000-per-person climate tax: Cost of Australia's green agenda to become astonishingly clear this week when new emissions targets are set

Labor's climate agenda is about to hit your wallet hard.

Very soon - likely this Thursday or Friday - they'll announce their 2035 emissions target of likely somewhere between 65 to 75 per cent.

The Business Council of Australia notes this will cost $500 billion in investment .

That's $20,000 for every Australian when bills are already tight.

But this financial burden isn't enough for climate activists like Larissa Waters.

The new Greens leader is pressuring Labor to pursue even stronger climate policies nationwide.

Waters wants faster industry transformation at greater cost to families.

It’s the kind of demand only an elite could make, full of lofty visions sketched from Canberra while ordinary Australians are left to pick up the bill.

The cold numbers show what that detachment me