MARCH 2024 - Analysis of the Employment Consequences of a Net Zero

• Gregory—where the 7,813 jobs at risk are equivalent to 33.3 per cent of all jobs • The ten least affected electorates are in the electorate; located in Greater Brisbane or the Gold Coast, and nineteen of the twenty • Burdekin—where the 9,712 jobs at risk least affected electorates are located in are equivalent to 31.6 per cent of all jobs southeast Queensland. [...] in the electorate; This analysis builds on a recent IPA research • Callide—where the 8,091 jobs at risk are report, An Analysis of the Employment equivalent to 30.5 per cent of all jobs in Consequences of a Net Zero Emissions the electorate; Target in New South Wales, which estimated • Warrego—where the 5,346 jobs at risk that 138,095 jobs in New South Wales are are equivalent to 22.4 per cent of. [...] Analysis of the Employment Consequences of a Net Zero Target in Queensland 5 Eighteen of the twenty electorates most affected by emissions reduction targets are located outside southeast Queensland (Brisbane, the Gold Coast, the Sunshine Coast, and Southeast Provincial). [...] It reveals a stark divide between regional Queensland and the southeast corner of the state, with the electorates least affected by the employment impact of emissions reduction policies and targets concentrated in Greater Brisbane and the Gold Coast, whereas those most affected are spread across regional and rural areas of the state, with the exception of regional cities such as Cairns and Townsvi. [...] The analysis reveals a stark divide between the Southeast metropolitan area of Queensland and rural and regional Queensland—with Brisbane, the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast least affected by the employment consequences of net zero whereas those most affected are spread across rural and regional Queensland, particularly in Central Queensland and the Darling Downs and Maranoa geographic regions.