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Opposition calls to ‘scrap’ energy minister over Snowy 2.0 cost blowout | ABC NEWS


Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has called for Chris Bowen to resign over the latest Snowy 2.0 cost blowout, while denying he had underestimated the cost when he greenlit the project in 2019.
A major review of Australia’s biggest renewable energy project has found it could cost up to $25 billion, which is about 12 times the original price. Snowy 2.0 was initially set to cost $2b and come online in 2021.

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