Green groups, investors and unions are urging Labor to fight back in the global renewables race, calling for a US-style boost in domestic spending.
risks cutting the lunch of Australia’s renewables industry, and $100 billion in new government spending is needed to keep the country competitive, according to environmentalists, investors and unions.
They propose a big spending plan that would support green iron and steel, green alumina and aluminium, and processing and refinement of critical minerals. “If our lithium goes to China and then Korea, it’s not eligible for the IRA, but if it goes from Australia to Korea to America, it is eligible. So we can cut the Chinese out when it goes to America, and we should be doing the value adding in Australia.”, now chairman of the Superpower Institute, formed to advocate for decarbonisation, used a speech last month to argue policies such as the IRA were not a direct threat to Australia, but showed government here should move quickly.
“Under the IRA, Australian ore and processed minerals will be treated as US sources of supply for, say, US battery production. This is to be strongly welcomed, provided we get paid world prices for our products.”
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