4 years ago
AUSTRALIA SHOULD BECOME A GREEN STEEL SUPERPOWER
MARK BUTLER MP
A new report from the Grattan Institute shows “Australia has an historic opportunity to create a new, export-focused manufacturing sector based on globally competitive renewable energy.”
Australia can become a green energy superpower, using and exporting green steel produced from Australia’s low-cost renewable energy.
This will mean tens of thousands of jobs in regional communities that can use this opportunity to diversify and future-proof their workforce.
As the report says “Australia will also need a large industrial workforce – such as those found in central Queensland and the Hunter Valley.
“Green steel represents the best opportunity for exports and job creation in key regions.”
This report demonstrates the enormous job and industry benefits that will come from embracing a clean energy future.
Unfortunately, it is a future which Scott Morrison still actively opposes, preferring instead to spend billions of taxpayers’ dollars on new coal power stations and engage in nuclear power fantasies.
A COVID-19 recovery plan which is focused on investing in new industry and brings forward investment in new renewable projects will create tens of thousands of new jobs, stimulate regional economies, and deliver cheaper power prices.
Australia can become a green energy superpower, using and exporting green steel produced from Australia’s low-cost renewable energy.
This will mean tens of thousands of jobs in regional communities that can use this opportunity to diversify and future-proof their workforce.
As the report says “Australia will also need a large industrial workforce – such as those found in central Queensland and the Hunter Valley.
“Green steel represents the best opportunity for exports and job creation in key regions.”
This report demonstrates the enormous job and industry benefits that will come from embracing a clean energy future.
Unfortunately, it is a future which Scott Morrison still actively opposes, preferring instead to spend billions of taxpayers’ dollars on new coal power stations and engage in nuclear power fantasies.
A COVID-19 recovery plan which is focused on investing in new industry and brings forward investment in new renewable projects will create tens of thousands of new jobs, stimulate regional economies, and deliver cheaper power prices.