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You're missing the other side of the story. Which is that the current Australian government has also been undermining the renewable energy sector for years forcing projects to be cancelled and talent to leave overseas.

I've never understood given how decent Australia through the CSIRO has been at commercialising innovation why we never invested more in the renewable energy sector.

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I would expect it's partly because coal royalties paid to the state government for every tonne they dig up keep underpin the state government budgets.