The current housing pain might feel like an acute moment, but it is really the culmination of decades of policy in which every factor has pulled in the direction of making housing unaffordable.
Ahh that makes a bit more sense, but still even using those figures, coal is 15% of exports and gas 7.7%. Less than a quarter combined, nowhere near a third.
We absolutely need to wean our economy off coal. I believe we can do it well before 2050.
Given that mining (all mining) has always made up less than 10% of Australia’s GDP, how are you coming up with that ‘about a third’ figure?
He’s talking about exports
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_exports_of_Australia
Ahh that makes a bit more sense, but still even using those figures, coal is 15% of exports and gas 7.7%. Less than a quarter combined, nowhere near a third.
We absolutely need to wean our economy off coal. I believe we can do it well before 2050.