'Taxpayer money must not be used to fund coal-fired power stations': Labor MP | Sky News Australia

Labor frontbencher Michelle Rowland has taken aim at the government’s decision to use a publicly funded feasibility study for political gain. Speaking to Sky News on Tuesday, the shadow communications minister repeated her party line that a Labor government would not allow public money to fund a new coal-fired power station.

The Morrison Government on the weekend announced it would commission a $4 million feasibility study into a proposed coal-fired power station in Queensland, a move Ms Rowland insisted was politically motivated. “The government has a political objective here, in seeking to gain support for what it’s doing, they’re choosing to do that with taxpayers’ money,” she said. However Ms Rowland said her party would not stand in the way of a project that met all the checks and balances.

MRowlandMP AustralianLabor It's pretty obvious Matt Canavan wanted $4m to start a new ' Adani fight ' which he called for today and scottfrommarketing is happy to use taxpayer funds to fund it. Just another rort before the QLD election they desperately want to win

MRowlandMP AustralianLabor More investment in renewables is needed.

Does the Labor Party lead by EachWayAlbo even have a coal policy? Seems like its ... Can they make up their mind? auspol skynews LaborFail

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