Peter Dutton clashes with Ray Hadley over coal-fired power stations

Home affairs minister says while the government isn’t opposed to supporting coal projects, he is opposed to building them

The home affairs minister, Peter Dutton, says the Morrison government should not be in the business of building coal-fired power stations, and has put a question mark over whether taxpayers should support upgrades to existing plants.

Dutton on Thursday faced a testy Ray Hadley for a weekly radio interview. The 2GB host is a strong advocate of coal, and during the interview he said Dutton was “toeing the company line” and was too scared to say Australia needed more power stations.

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