Bill Shorten unveils $15bn energy plan to help tackle climate 'disaster'

Labor leader says he will top up Clean Energy Finance Corporation and unveils $5bn fund to modernise infrastructureBill Shorten has unveiled a $15bn program for driving the transformation in Australia's energy system to low-emissions sources, declaring climate change is no longer an emergency, "it's a disaster".The Labor leader unveiled the energy policy reboot on Thursday, repeating an invitation for the Coalition to embrace the national energy guarantee it ditched during the August leadership implosion but also outlining a detailed alternative in the event the pitch for bipartisanship is ultimately rebuffed. Continue reading...