Anthony Albanese wants climate change policy to drive a jobs and manufacturing boom

Opposition leader Anthony Albanese wants to recast Labor's climate change policy as one of job creation and economic growth.

Opposition leader Anthony Albanese wants to recast Labor's climate change policy as one of job creation and economic growth. Source: AAP

Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese says there's no reason Australia can't become a green energy superpower and keep traditional coal exports and mining jobs.


Anthony Albanese is seeking to quell unrest about Labor's plan for addressing climate change and what that means for blue-collar jobs.

The opposition leader made a pitch for a low-carbon future to pave the way for economic growth in his first major policy speech since taking becoming Labor leader.

Labor has been grappling with its direction on climate change with some seeing its embrace of ambitious plans as a reason it lost support among blue-collar workers, especially in coal-mining areas, during the May federal election.

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