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Budget 2019 cuts climate solutions fund

The patchwork of policies and announcements that form the coalition Morrison government's energy platform heading into the next federal election in May leave a lot to be desired in terms of climate change prevention and spending on new generation to increase energy supply.

 Josh Frydenberg addresses the House and commends the budget to the floor. The parliament will not vote on the bill until after the next federal election - and there could be a different party in power by then.

Josh Frydenberg addresses the House and commends the budget to the floor. The parliament will not vote on the bill until after the next federal election - and there could be a different party in power by then.

  There are few surprises in the budget in terms of energy and climate change largely as the government announced much of its energy-related spending already, though it did not use the budget to announce...

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