Courier-Mail: THE Rudd Government’s research arm has warned of thousands of job losses and a $1.8b hit to the economy if it pursues a mandatory renewable energy target. Advice from the Productivity Commission also hinted Queensland should dump its 13 per cent gas scheme – where state electricity retailers must source 13 per cent of electricity from gas-fired generation – because of an impending emissions trading scheme (ETS). The submission to the Government’s climate change review cited …