Government under fire over rush to promote new power generation

Australia Institute warns taxpayers will be exposed to risk while Centre Alliance says ‘neither the cart nor the horse has been decided’

The Morrison government has copped a blast for calling for expressions of interest in new power generation projects before it is clear that any enabling legislation can clear the parliament before the next federal election.

The Australia Institute has used a submission to a government consultation process to criticise the government for “building the process while running it” – pointing out the Coalition is calling on interested parties to pitch projects before the parliament has set up the necessary policy framework – a procedure “which poses a number of risks”.

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