Australia needs to ‘have a debate about the impacts’ of net zero

IPA’s Daniel Wild says we need to have a debate on the impact of getting to net zero is having on Australia’s economy.

Mr Wild’s remarks follow a new report from the Institute of Public Affairs, which predicts household power bills will nearly double by 2030 as coal-fired power plants close.

“We also know there’s going to be a big jobs impact,” Mr Wild told Sky News Australia.

“For example, we identified that up to half a million jobs would not proceed as a result of net zero and that the vast majority of those jobs would be in regional parts of Australia that are dependent…