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Report questions Queensland LNG boom benefits

Think tank says returns overstated, industry points to billions in jobs and investment

IEEFA questions LNG’s value as producers tout its economic gains. Pictured: Keld Nudsen and Amandine Denis-Ryan.

IEEFA questions LNG’s value as producers tout its economic gains. Pictured: Keld Nudsen and Amandine Denis-Ryan. | Credits: ConocoPhillips/AEP/IEEFA

A decade after Queensland's $60 billion liquefied natural gas boom reshaped the state's economy, a report by renewable-focused think tank IEEFA claims the promised economic windfall has fallen short, leaving...

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