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Alan Finkel

We need overriding public interest test to break approval logjam

Australia has to look at the global benefits of green projects, not just local impacts. The alternative might be stagnation, or worse.

Alan FinkelFormer Chief Scientist

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A key goal for Australia is to rapidly decarbonise our domestic economy. But we lie far behind other countries.

If land-use offsets are not included, by the end of 2023, Australia’s emissions were only 2.5 per cent down on the 2005 baseline.

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Alan Finkel is Former Chief Scientist and led the National Electricity Market Review, the National Hydrogen Strategy, the Low Emissions Technology Roadmap and the Sydney Energy Forum.

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