Queensland State Leader Guarantees No Job Losses Under $62 Billion Clean Energy Transition

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk speaks at Yeronga High School in Brisbane, Australia on May 7, 2022. Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has moved to assuage concerns that Australians could lose jobs under her government’s ambitious clean energy plan.

The Labor government’s A$62 billion (US$39.59 billion) plan includes a promise to create 100,000 new jobs by 2040.