Australia losing its ‘energy independence’

Nationals Senator Matt Canavan says Australia is losing its “energy independence”. “When we mine coal or oil and gas, that’s an energy source,” he told Sky News host Paul Murray. “We can use that to create energy in our own country without relying on others. “Whereas lithium, copper that go into batteries – it's not actually (an) energy source anyway, it just stores energy. “So, I really worry about the fact that we’re losing our sovereignty on these issues. “We’ve got so much natural resources here.”