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‘Mind-bogglingly large’: Phil Chronican on the cost of transition

National Australia Bank chairman Phil Chronican is releasing research into Australia’s investment outlook over the next three decades, likening it to a speeded-up Industrial Revolution.

Jacob Greber
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National Australia Bank chairman Phil Chronican says Australia has the capacity to finance the energy transition, and he expects the bank’s lending to gas projects to continue rising until about 2025 and then begin to run off.

Chronican agrees scepticism about banks’ commitments to “green lending” can be justified when the amounts are seen in the context of trillion-dollar loan books.

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Jacob Greber writes about politics, economics and business from Canberra. He has been a Washington correspondent and economics correspondent. Connect with Jacob on Twitter. Email Jacob at jgreber@afr.com

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