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If we could design JobKeeper within weeks, we can exit coal by 2030. Here's how to do it

  • Written by: John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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As we emerge from the lockdown phase of the pandemic, there are many lessons to learn. One is that when given credible warning of an existential threat, it is better to act early and risk doing too much than to delay acting and face a much bigger and harder to solve problem when the warnings turn out to be correct.

While the pandemic...

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