Labor hopes plan will contribute to renewable energy target but opposition leader says government ‘hasn’t done its homework’
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The opposition leader, Peter Dutton, has taken aim at a proposed windfarm off the coast of the New South Wales Hunter region, describing the potential environmental impacts of the major project as “an absolute travesty”.
The opposition leader, flanked by shadow climate change and energy minister, Ted O’Brien, on Tuesday, told reporters the planned development was “fast growing into a national scandal” after backlash from some local groups.
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