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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Graham Readfearn

Labor promises to ‘grab this opportunity’ to become renewable energy superpower

Treasurer Jim Chalmers
Treasurer Jim Chalmers again signalled a theme of next month’s budget would be clean energy and investments in industry after a roundtable on Friday. Photograph: Jono Searle/AAP

The Albanese government has promised to “grab this opportunity” to become a renewable energy superpower after holding a high-level roundtable with major banks, financiers and investment managers.

The Friday roundtable in Brisbane comes after the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, said on Monday that next month’s federal budget would see major investments in “cleaner and cheaper” energy.

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