Opposition and industry groups immediately reject phoney opening offer as negotiations start on renewable energy target

The clean energy industry and Labor have immediately rejected the Abbott governments opening gambit in negotiations to find a bipartisan agreement on the future of the renewable energy target.

The plan would protect household solar installers but, according to the industry, it would kill two-thirds of planned large-scale clean energy investments. Labor rejected it as a job-killing phoney offer before it was even announced.

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