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Think tank Climate Energy Finance Director Tim Buckley said the “moribund joke of an energy policy” would derail considerable progress made on transitioning Australia to clean, cheap, reliable, firmed renewables and destroy the momentum on EV take-up, “This climate science denialism and fossil fuel lobby capture creates sovereign risk for Australia by massively increasing investor risks,” Buckley said. “Policy uncertainty, such as dumping net zero, reduces capital investment in our country, with less investment in our energy system in turn reducing new energy supply and raising energy costs for consumers and industry. And all to pander to the vested self-interests in the US administration.” Read more

Tim Buckley, director of think tank Climate Energy Finance and a former MD of global investment bank Citigroup said: “The only thing the Coalition’s resurrection of its moribund joke of an energy policy will achieve is sending Australia back into the energy dark ages and creating massive sovereign risk for investors. Read more

Tim Buckley, director of think tank Climate Energy Finance and a former managing director of global investment bank Citigroup said “this iteration of the Coalition’s energy policy pamphlet belongs in the bin fire with every previous iteration”. “This will make the 2028 federal election yet another referendum on whether Australia will stay in alignment with the global consensus of the Paris Agreement and the climate science,” Buckley said. “This alignment is imperative to ensure Australia’s energy security and prosperity in the emerging net-zero world economy.“ Renew Economy contacted Tehan’s office to clarify whether the Coalition’s latest policies implied a plan to pull Australia out of the Paris agreement. Read more