Business
Australia’s business community is furious the National Energy Guarantee has been effectively dumped, along with a pledge to legislate a cut to emissions in the electricity sector.
News
Malcolm Turnbull has retreated from plans to legislate climate change targets as he tries to fend off an internal revolt over the National Energy Guarantee.
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Former prime minister Tony Abbott has warned Australia will be “surrendering its sovereignty” if his Coalition colleagues support the National Energy Guarantee.
Energy ministers have reached a compromise on the Turnbull government’s signature energy plan in a decision the policy architect says is a “great step forward”.
The South Australian Council of Social Service and Uniting Communities have urged the State Government to consider what they describe as “critical” changes to the National Energy Guarantee to protect the interests of South Australians on low incomes.
South Australian energy scientists have warned the State Government it shouldn’t sign up to the National Energy Guarantee before independent analysis of the model is completed.
