Carmichael mine jobs need '21 times the subsidies' of renewables, says lobby group
by Joshua Robertson from on (#2BX3X)
Federal funding for Adani project amounts to $683,060 a job, compared with $32,191 a worker in Queensland's clean energy sector, 350.org says
Clean energy projects in Queensland are already on track to create more employment than Australia's largest proposed coalmine, which if funded federally would cost taxpayers 21 times more per job, according to new study.
Federal government agencies are investing $71.4m in seven solar farms and a windfarm in Queensland, which are set to deliver a total of 2,218 jobs, according to analysis by climate advocacy group 350.org.
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