The Albanese Labor Government’s unsafe and unaffordable home battery subsidy program has cost taxpayers a mammoth $4.63 billion to date. At Senate Estimates today, officials confirmed that from 1 July 2025 to 27 September 2026, $4.63 billion had been spent on the program, more than half of the program’s $8.5 billion lifetime budget. Asked to…
Energy Minister Chris Bowen has refused to release the Snowy Hydro 2.0 cost reassessment, defying a formal order from the Senate to do so today. On 14 October 2026, the Senate passed an Order for the Production of Documents requiring Minister Bowen to produce Snowy Hydro Ltd’s cost reassessment report by midday today. The deadline…
Reports this morning in The Australian of deep-seated industry concern with the prospect of having to face an even harsher Safeguard Mechanism must be heeded by Chris Bowen. It is becoming clearer by the day that the Government’s review into the Safeguard Mechanism, a punitive carbon tax, is being used as a launchpad for other…
