COAL FOR CLEAN ENERGY
The government is set to revise the charter for the Clean Energy Finance Corporation to allow it to fund clean coal technologies. On Insiders yesterday Environment and Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg said “it is called the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, it’s not called the renewable energy corporation”.
The Australian reports Frydenberg could change the mandate of the $10 billion green bank without being blocked in Parliament, and that “he and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann also have the authority to replace five of the seven members of the CEFC board within six months”.
NETANYAHU CONTROVERSY STARTS
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is due in Australia on Wednesday, but 60 prominent Australians have signed a letter opposing the visit, saying “we should not welcome him here”.
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