Simon Benson

There is a gulf of time and doubt between the federal government’s ambition for its 2035 emissions-reduction target and its plans to achieve it.

There’s now little doubt among the nation’s industry players that if Anthony Albanese and Chris Bowen wish to fulfil their emissions reduction ambition, they will have to do at least two uncomfortable things.

Call it conventional wisdom that suggests every next generation will herald an ever more mobile, advanced and adventurous workforce than their parents. The problem is this story has been wrong for some time.

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