OPINION: Arguments over the price of gas and the volume of LNG exports is another example of the hidden complications in Australia’s energy transition.
The passage of Labor’s climate bill came with plenty of accompanying political theatre. Numerous speeches and proposed amendments were designed to show the votes of the crossbench, including the teals and Greens, are not actually irrelevant in the House of Representatives.
“By the time we get to the next election, in my view it would be very brave indeed for an alternative party that seeks to govern to say we are going to tear down the structures put in place supported overwhelmingly b The intense focus on the electricity sector – responsible for about one-third of Australia’s emissions – has been because energy stands out as the quickest, most obvious route for easily measurable reductions.
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