We can no longer rely on digging up minerals, cutting down forests and exporting our “natural wealth” without pricing in the damage and risk of doing so. Mining and deforestation do not create jobs in Australia, they create jobs in China, Japan and Korea.

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The COVID-19 recovery is a plan to “snap back” to where we were in the past, when we need a plan to move forward to a stronger and more secure future economy. We cannot waste this opportunity. We desperately need a government focused on a better Australia for all Australians and for our…



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