Australian politics live: Scott Morrison challenges Labor on 2050 targets; Victoria records 1,841 cases, NSW 283

Well, that’s where you need to overlay that on a regional basis and in a geographical basis. You’ve got to appreciate that some areas may be impacted, and that’s what we’ve got to understand. What are those impacts, and how do we secure their futures and grow their futures, while others will because of new jobs that come in? But I’m not as negative as that.

I think that if we embrace the technology that’s in the roadmap, I think there’s also an opportunity to secure those jobs that are already there.

We’re going to see that if you’re in the coalmining industry today, you shouldn’t be shuddering in your boots. You’re still going to have a job well beyond 2030, well into 2040, because the transition will not happen quickly.

And in fact, if the transition to new technology like carbon capture storage, not only here in Australia, but around the world, could mean that coalmining goes on for some decades to come. And so this is where we’ve just got pragmatic. We’ve got to understand the modelling and work through it calmly but quickly.

source: theguardian.com