Australia can hit net zero emissions by 2050 by investing in gas, oil executive says

Andrew Liveris, one of the architects of Scott Morrison's gas-led recovery', says the country burns far too much coal'

Corporate heavyweight Andrew Liveris, the Morrison government's special adviser on manufacturing, has declared Australia and the world can hit net zero emissions by 2050 by significantly expanding the supply and domestic use of gas - despite gas being a fossil fuel with roughly 60% of the emissions of coal".

Liveris, who is one of the business architects of the Coalition's much vaunted gas-led recovery" plan, told the National Press Club on Wednesday Australia burned far too much coal" and switching to gas will automatically bring [emissions] down".