MEDIA RELEASE - 20 March 2024 QUEENSLAND NET ZERO MANDATE TO PUT 157,000 JOBS AT RISK

MEDIA RELEASE 20 March 2024 QUEENSLAND NET ZERO MANDATE TO PUT 157,000 JOBS AT RISK “The Queensland government’s emission reduction policies, including net zero emissions by 2050, has the potential to put up to 157,000 jobs across Queensland at risk, with the regions set to be hit the hardest,” said Saxon Davidson, Research Fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs. [...] Today, the IPA released a landmark research report titled, An analysis of the employment consequences of a net zero emissions target in Queensland, which found the emissions reduction policies of the Queensland government will put up to 157,000 jobs at risk across the state. [...] In addition to the 157,000 jobs to be put at risk, the research also found; • 69 per cent of the jobs threatened by Queensland’s net zero policies are located in regional areas. [...] “Many regional communities face the risk of being wiped out as the local industries they rely on for employment, and the rest of the country relies on for energy and food, are to be destroyed due to reckless emission reduction policies,” said Mr Davidson. [...] The Legislative Assembly seats with the highest proportion of jobs at risk are: • Gregory—where the 7,813 jobs at risk is equivalent to 33.3 per cent of all local jobs; • Burdekin—where the 9,712 jobs at risk is equivalent to 31.6 per cent of all local jobs; • Callide—where the 8,091 jobs at risk is equivalent to 30.5 per cent of all local jobs; • Warrego—where the 5,346 jobs at risk is equivalent.