Shorten Supports Fossil fuels
Bill Shorten: I’m no rampant greenie
Bill Shorten says he is not “a rampant greenie”, assuring workers in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley that believes fossil fuels have an ongoing place in Australia’s energy mix.
Visiting the Hazelwood coal-fired power station in Morwell to reiterate Labor’s support for hundreds of workers who will lose their jobs when it closes in March, the Opposition Leader said he recognised that fossil fuels are part of the energy mix, but that we must continue to modernise through greater support for renewable energy.
The government has accused Labor of contributing to the Hazelwood closure with its target of 50 per cent renewable energy by 2030.
“I am not a rampant greenie who thinks there is no place for fossil fuel in our energy mix in the future,” Mr Shorten said.
“It is part of our energy mix. We are seeing our electricity and our power industries modernising.
