Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce is backing a study into a new coal power plant while painting himself as a champion of the poor, so they can have affordable power.
Deputy Labor leader Richard Marles argues the Coalition is preparing to fund new coal projects in a bid to satisfy conservative backbencher
Tensions were high in the Coalition party room on Tuesday between conservative Nationals MPs, who wanted the Government to focus more on coal, and moderate Liberals who believed more needed to be done to tackle climate change. The former Nationals leader believed a feasibility study into the Collinsville plant would show it was viable.
"Because they're building high-efficiency, low-emission coal-fired power plants, and apparently we're the one country that although we want to export the product, we won't use it ourselves."
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