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title: "Optimistic: about Decarbonising the Australian Economy: Gavin Pearce"
description: "Gavin Pearce  said, \"Our pathway to decarbonising the Australian economy must be ambitious, optimistic and aspirational, but it also needs to be practical\""
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# [Optimistic: about Decarbonising the Australian Economy: Gavin Pearce](https://www.centreforoptimism.com/blog/gavinpearce)

 Written by [Victor Perton](https://www.centreforoptimism.com/blog/author/victor-perton) | Mar 9, 2023 6:40:54 PM

"Our pathway to decarbonising the Australian economy must be ambitious, optimistic and aspirational."

So said Gavin Pearce in the Australian Parliament's House of Representatives on 8 March 2023.

Gavin said, "We all want our children to live in a cleaner world. We also want them to live in an Australia that is successful, independent and safe. In order to do this, our pathway to decarbonising the Australian economy must be ambitious, optimistic and aspirational, but it also needs to be practical and achievable."

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