Big Corporates Benefitting From Taxpayer-Backed Clean Energy Funding: Senator

‘Every single dollar a government spends comes from somebody else’s pocket. It’s the pocket of a family. It’s the pocket of a small business,’ said Jane Hume.
Big Corporates Benefitting From Taxpayer-Backed Clean Energy Funding: Senator
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Liberal Senator Jane Hume has questioned the Labor government’s electric vehicle policies, arguing that they compel taxpayers to help fund corporations’ decarbonisation efforts.

She gave the example of supermarket giant Woolworths, which has received support to electrify its delivery vehicle fleet through programs run by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC).

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