Published: February 17, 2019
The latest failed energy policy was never a serious attempt to reduce electricity prices or deal with the abuse of market power
The Coalition’s “big stick” energy policy last week turned out to be nothing more than a twig. This latest, in a string of energy policy failures, demonstrates the Liberal party’s chronic inability to modernise our ageing, polluting and inefficient power system.
On Thursday, the Coalition government pulled its big stick legislation after the Greens moved an amendment, supported by the Independents and the ALP, to ban any taxpayer money going to coal. This exposes Scott Morrison’s true motives – he and his party love coal a whole lot more than they hate big power companies.
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