I agree to a point that Gas should be really promoted as a gap filler, on the way to renewables. Coal though should have been consigned to the past a 20 years ago, and gas should have replaced it by now. There should be no talk whatsoever of new coal plants, new gas, yes, coal, no. The Morrison Government really set us back years with its fascination with appeasing the coal industry, it's a loss making industry that needs subsidies to survive. Except for high grade coking coal, which is another matter, thermal coal is a dead duck production wise, both environmentally and economically. Gas however is profitable and 3 times better than burning brown coal, twice as good as high grade black coal.