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Media coverage
Title The pro-coal ‘Monash Forum’ may do little but blacken the name of a revered Australian Media name/outlet The Conversation Media type Web Country/Territory Australia Date 4/04/18 Description The coal industry has a new voice in parliament, in the form of the so-called Monash Forum – an informal government faction featuring former prime minister Tony Abbott and backbench energy committee chair Craig Kelly.
The group, which also reportedly contains former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce alongside as many as 11 of his Nationals colleagues, is agitating for the government to go beyond its current energy policy and build a taxpayer-funded coal power station.
As several commentators have pointed out, the move is a calculated push by the usual backbench suspects to put pressure on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, two weeks ahead of crucial talks with state and territory leaders over the design of the National Energy Guarantee (NEG).URL https://theconversation.com/the-pro-coal-monash-forum-may-do-little-but-blacken-the-name-of-a-revered-australian-94329 Persons Marc Hudson
Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms
- Energy
Keywords
- coal
- Australian politics
- climate change
- fossil fuels
- energy