Industry minister attempts to break deadlock in negotiations over future of the renewable energy target by presenting ‘take it or leave it offer’
The industry minister, Ian Macfarlane, threatened to walk out of a meeting with the renewable energy industry when he presented a “take it or leave it offer” on the renewable energy target (RET) and the industry said it would rather “leave it”.
Macfarlane and the environment minister, Greg Hunt, convened a meeting of renewables and other industry representatives and unions in Canberra on Monday to try to break the impasse in negotiations over the future of the RET.