Labor ‘must back coal, gas’: CEOs

Whitehaven Coal chief executive Paul Flynn says the new Labor government must hold firm in backing coal and gas exporters after previous support for industries that employ “many thousands of workers” across the country.

“Given the new government’s concerns around budget repair, we see our booming export industries playing a major role in paying down Australia’s burgeoning debt so we can more responsibly rise to meet the challenges we face as a nation,” he said.