Will methane cuts cause cattle culls and ruin the gas industry? Or is it just hot air from the Coalition?

The Morrison government released its net zero plan and Angus Taylor penned a scary piece about methane, but both lacked substance

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Will cutting emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane by a third really spark mass culls of Australian cattle, ruin the gas industry and make life harder for everyday Australians"?

If you ask the the emissions reduction minister Angus Taylor, the answer is a resounding yes, smothered in extra scary sauce.