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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Graham Readfearn

Australia’s resources minister sees a gas-fired future just as international experts chart the fossil fuel’s decline

Resources minister Madeleine King
Madeleine King said Australia would continue to be a trusted and reliable supplier of liquified natural gas, which was helping the region prosper. Photograph: Richard Wainwright/AAP

Sitting on a giant pile of fossil fuels in a year set to go down as the hottest on record – pockmarked by one flame-grilled disaster after another – requires some careful and creative public positioning.

One must be careful not to completely ignore the climate crisis while trying to navigate a path that continues to justify drilling and burning Australia’s fossil fuel du jour – gas.

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