The smart money is on clean energy – but Australia must play to win | Kane Thornton

We can't assume the renewable energy boom will simply continue. Only clear, coordinated policy will ensure it does

When Donald Horne coined the phrase "the lucky country", he did not mean it as a compliment to Australians. What he was saying was that we hadn't created wealth like other countries - we exploited what was already here and borrowed from our ancestry.

And Australia has been lucky, because despite a sometimes unforgiving climate, our natural resources are formidable. Over the years we have done well by riding on our gold rush, our sheep and, more recently, through another resources boom.

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