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Ron Boswell

Why net zero targets are impoverishing our nation

If we stick with Net Zero, our economy will weaken. Our living standards will suffer. The electricity price advantage we once enjoyed will become an even more distant memory.

Twenty-one years ago last month, the Australian government published an Energy White Paper to chart the contribution our energy sector was making to a flourishing national economy.

The energy sector, the paper said, had played “a key role” in Australia’s sustained economic growth, high labour and general productivity and strong environmental record.

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Ron Boswell is a former leader of the Nationals in the Senate.

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