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Episode: Gas beyond 2050: A Labor revolt or sanctioned dissent?
Description: The members of this federal Labor government have been pretty disciplined on not publicly criticising party policy.So it raised a few eyebrows when MPs from inner-city seats took aim at the government’s Future Gas Strategy.The plan pumps up gas as a vital part of the energy transition through to 2050 and beyond, which is at odds with moves to get households off gas as quickly as possible.Today, national correspondent for The Saturday Paper Mike Seccombe, on what’s behind the gas plan and why a little “sanctioned dissent” might be part of...