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Coalition’s gas plan would help fewer than 1% of manufacturing workers, report finds – The Guardian
Exclusive: Grattan Institute contradicts PM’s suggestion gas would be key to post-Covid economic recovery
Fewer than 1% of Australian manufacturing jobs are in gas-intensive industries that would materially benefit from a massive gas industry expansion proposed by the Morrison government, according to an upcoming analysis.
A report by the Grattan Institute, to be released in November, examines the number of manufacturing businesses and jobs across the country that are heavily reliant on gas.
Its results contradict a suggestion by Scott Morrison that gas could be central to plans to re-establish a …
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