Means test EV and battery subsidies, Turnbull tells Albanese

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Antalya, Turkey | Former Liberal leader Malcolm Turnbull has urged the federal government to either means test or scrap its electric vehicle and home battery subsidies, as Prime…

Antalya, Turkey | Former Liberal leader Malcolm Turnbull has urged the federal government to either means test or scrap its electric vehicle and home battery subsidies, as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese faces a call from United Nations secretary general António Guterres to ban new coal mines.

Speaking at the COP31 leaders summit in the Turkish resort town of Antalya on Wednesday, Albanese said Australia had achieved significant success in the energy transition, pointing to the fact renewables now accounted for half the country’s electricity mix.

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