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Australian ministers met Japanese gas companies 20 times amid fossil fuel lobbying push

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Australian ministers met Japanese gas companies 20 times amid fossil fuel lobbying push
Thinktank analysis suggests Japan campaigns to prolong the carbon industry in Australia and hinder move to clean energy
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Thinktank analysis suggests Japan campaigns to prolong the carbon industry in Australia and hinder move to clean energy

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Australian government ministers met Japanese gas company executives more than 20 times in the last term of parliament as Labor encouraged investment in the fossil fuel industry.

The list of meetings is detailed in a report by the thinktank InfluenceMap that argues Japanese liquefied natural gas (LNG) companies have worked with Australian gas interests to lobby for favourable local government policy to prolong the life of the industry and slow a shift to clean energy in the Asia-Pacific.

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Source: Guardian - World News

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