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Here's how the government's modellers concluded net-zero would leave us better off

  • Written by: Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Here's how the government's modellers concluded net-zero would leave us better offPerutskyi Petro/Shutterstock

The government’s decision to target net-zero emissions by 2050 will leave each Australian nearly A$2,000 better off by then compared to no Australian action.

That’s what we were told in a six-point summary of the government’s economic modelling released at a press conference on Thursday October 26, days...

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