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We need to double down on resources supply

The commodity price boom has a way to run yet. It is time for the federal treasurer to acknowledge it and explain how the largesse will be best used.

Ed ShannEconomist
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An inconvenient truth is that Australia’s fossil fuel sector is booming.

Fossil fuels make up half of Australian resource exports. We should be focusing on maximising the benefits of the boom and spreading them more widely. Unfortunately, the federal government is not doing so.

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Dr Ed Shann is an independent economist.
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