Hewson's view: There is no future with coal

By John Hewson
Updated July 2 2021 - 2:18am, first published April 11 2019 - 7:00pm
Beyond politics: Anti-Adani coal mine protesters next to a police officer outside the Queensland Liberal National Party headquarters in Brisbane on Thursday, April 11. Photo: AAP
Beyond politics: Anti-Adani coal mine protesters next to a police officer outside the Queensland Liberal National Party headquarters in Brisbane on Thursday, April 11. Photo: AAP

There is an enduring and increasingly nasty debate in Australian politics concerning coal mining and coal-fired power. The spectrum of views ranges from those who believe that we have a natural comparative advantage in coal that we should continue to exploit, domestically and by export, through to the other extreme of those who would like all coal mining and coal-fired power to be abandoned as soon as possible.

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