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Malcolm Turnbull has said Australia’s renewable energy target was “never intended to be perpetual”, giving encouragement to conservatives including Tony Abbott in Coalition ranks who are calling for it to be scrapped.
The prime minister made the statement at the National Press Club on Wednesday, after a speech in which he advocated an “agnostic” energy policy and the government’s plan for “security and prosperity”.
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