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Pretending to listen

The myth of social licence

22 July 2023

9:00 AM

22 July 2023

9:00 AM

It may just be dawning on B1, our intrepid climate change and energy minister Chris Bowen, that his dream of having the electricity grid powered by 82 per cent renewable energy by 2030 is looking a little shaky.

He made a rookie error by actually telling us what the target meant in terms of additional wind turbines and solar panels.

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