Federal government paying millions in consulting fees for advice on subsidising gas industry, documents show
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The gas industry only employs 0.2 per cent of the Australian workforce.
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The federal government is spending millions of dollars on consultants to advise on how to subsidise the multi-billion-dollar gas industry, despite it employing just 0.2 per cent of the Australian workforce, according to tender documents and ABC sources.
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