Taxing fossil fuels better than Future Made in Australia, Ken Henry says
John KehoeEconomics editor
A new tax worth tens of billions of dollars on fossil fuel exports would be much more effective in smoothing the green energy transition than the Albanese government’s Future Made in Australia subsidies, former Treasury secretary Ken Henry says.
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John Kehoe is economics editor at Parliament House, Canberra. He writes on economics, politics and business. John was Washington correspondent covering Donald Trump’s election. He joined the Financial Review in 2008 from Treasury. Connect with John on Twitter. Email John at jkehoe@afr.com
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