Thousands of Labor members have thrown their weight behind a challenge to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to take stronger action on climate change.
Thousands of Labor members have thrown their weight behind a challenge to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to take stronger action on climate change and develop new policies to respond to mammoth subsidies for renewable energy in the United States.
Opponents of the AUKUS alliance are also confident of putting motions that warn of a “regional arms race” from the agreement with the US on nuclear-powered submarines, setting up a debate on the conference floor that pits party delegates against Albanese and federal cabinet ministers. “The US and Europe are delivering big government programs, like the Inflation Reduction Act. We need to answer their level of ambition.”The debate is expected to canvass the case for more subsidies for green hydrogen, critical minerals like lithium and the electrification of the energy system.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers backed the concerns from Bowen and Husic by supporting a $2 billion package in the May budget to, seen as a potential way to export clean energy by using large-scale renewable power to produce hydrogen for transport by ship.
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