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Politics
Andrew Brown and Poppy Johnston

Australia bids to be battery powerhouse

The government has unveiled a $532m initiative to promote more battery manufacturing in Australia. (HANDOUT/ENGIE)

Australia wants to muscle in on the concentrated battery supply chain to shore up its "economic resilience" and move beyond a dig-and-ship economy.

Half-a-billion dollars has been earmarked to encourage battery production, with a new national battery strategy laying out high-level objectives.

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