‘Low expectations': Business loses hope in Coalition's climate credentials as eyes turn to Labor

Labor is under pressure to revive the Coalition government’s floundering national energy plan as business groups abandon hopes that the Morrison administration can end Australia's crippling climate wars.

Labor is under pressure to revive the government's energy plan.

New Energy Minister Angus Taylor on Tuesday spruiked his commitment to lowering electricity prices, saying his government would apply the same commitment to the task as it did in tackling illegal boat arrivals.

Read the story from The Age by Nicole Hasham and Cole Latimer - “‘Low expectations': Business loses hope in Coalition's climate credentials as eyes turn to Labor.”

Capitulation on climate change ignores evidence and will come at a cost

The Hazelwood power station in Victoria -
it seems the sun is
setting on such energy suppliers.

In a world of post-fact politics, this is a doozy.

The government is armed with a raft of evidence – from government agencies, the energy industry, business groups – that the electricity sector is in chaos.

Ageing, failing coal plants are shutting down abruptly and haphazardly – nine in the past seven years, with the giant Hazelwood station in Victoria to join them in March. More will follow.

Wind farms are being built to meet a national renewable energy target that was only ever designed to be a policy add-on. The target has kept a growing industry alive – just, at times – but was never meant to drive the change to a modern electricity scheme.

Read Adam Morton comment in today’s Melbourne Age - “Capitulation on climate change ignores evidence and will come at a cost.”