JobSlayer: gas giants grab $300m subsidy then axe 3000 workers – Michael West

The Government touts gas as being a key plank of JobMaker, its Covid-19 recession recovery plan. To help “support jobs” the government has given the gas industry $300 million of taxpayers’ money in subsidies. In return, the industry has cut about 3000 workers, more than 10% of it workforce, in a boom production year. Mark Ogge and Elizabeth Minter report.
JobSlayer: gas giants grab $300m subsidy then axe 3000 workers – Michael West