Three-hour assembly fails to resolve government’s position on Finkel review but energy minister denies there’s a backbench revoltJosh Frydenberg says it is too soon to say if the Coalition party room will support a clean energy target after a three-hour extraordinary assembly in which a number of government colleagues raised concerns about the core recommendations of the Finkel review.
Speaking on ABC on Tuesday night,the energy and environment minister said MPs were “concerned about the future of coal” and about rising electricity prices, and he stressed the proposed clean energy target did not prohibit the building of modern coal-fired power stations. Related: Low emissions target: how it would work and why the benchmark figure is a red herring Related: Alan Finkel: 'it would be surprising' if ministers encouraged modern coal stations Related: Q&A: Alan Finkel says clean energy target designed for deeper emissions cuts Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com