Federal government paying millions in consulting fees for advice on subsidising gas industry, documents show

The federal government is spending millions of dollars on consultants to advise on how to subsidise the multi-billion-dollar gas industry, despite it employing just 0.2 per cent of the Australian workforce, according to tender documents and ABC sources.

The move has been criticised by the Australia Institute, which said the gas industry was “a tiny employer”.

Tender documents show the federal government had…