Jane Hume calls out Labor’s ‘misguided and ideological’ energy plan

Shadow Finance Minister Jane Hume has called out the Albanese government over its “misguided and ideological” energy transition plan. Global mining giant Glencore has intervened in Australia’s energy debate, arguing the country will need to use coal for longer in order to keep prices down and remain competitive. “State governments are now paying coal-fire power generator owners to keep coal in the system for longer, and that’s because of Labor’s … all eggs in one basket approach that is not delivering either net zero by 2050, nor is it delivering lower power prices,” Ms Hume told Sky News Australia. “That’s despite the fact that Labor promised that power prices would come down by $275. “They haven’t; they’ve shot up potentially by, in some places, by more than $1,000 just in the last few years, and that’s because of Labor’s misguided and ideological approach to the energy transition.”