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Can Australia decarbonise air travel? It’s a $36b question

Ryan Cropp

The government’s $32 billion green bank says Labor’s net zero targets will be put out of reach in sectors such as aviation and long-haul trucking unless the government turbocharges investment in locally made low-carbon fuels.

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation, a multibillion-dollar government-backed green investment bank, says the creation of a domestic low-carbon fuel industry would provide a ready-made emissions reduction solution for hard-to-decarbonise sectors with no clear path to electrification.

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Ryan Cropp is an energy and climate reporter at The Australian Financial Review based in the Canberra bureau.

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