The opposition leader’s numbers seem plucked out of the air, but renewable projects aren’t coming anywhere near fast enough to fill Australia’s looming energy gap.
New figures heighten the dispute over energy policy after Opposition Leader Peter Dutton revealed this week he would not set a target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.
Australians have cut their support for the federal government as they feel the financial damage from rising prices and higher interest rates, according to the Resolve Political Monitor.
Jim Chalmers backed the case for tax concessions in a new signal about the scale of the budget plan to help clean energy industries and local manufacturing.
The swing against the government showed Peter Dutton tapped into a real frustration with Labor over the cost of living, but nothing like the force that some of his allies predicted.