State tilt would seemingly end speculation South Australian senator could defect to One Nation. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast‘This is very good value for money for Australia’: Bowen defends COP roleChris Bowen, who has also taken on the role of president of negotiations at the Cop climate summit, says that Australia’s involvement is “very good value for money”.Mr T [is] out there saying it’s $200m. He’s lying. Secondly, these things do cost money. It cost money when John Howard chaired Apec. It cost money when Tony Abbott chaired G20. They were good for the country and the Labor party supported them because we’re a patriotic party. So this is an opportunity for Australia to play an outsized role in the climate negotiations.This is a 12-month presidency. Most of the money has not yet been spent to answer your question, Mel. This is very good value for money for Australia.More renewable energy in the grid;Renewable batteries absorbing some of the coal and gas being used at peak times during the night;Reforming the default market offer to ensure “that only the absolutely necessary prices or costs are included.”What we’re seeing is batteries working to what we call flatten the peak. So the biggest pressure on prices is in the night-time when coal and gas are called upon more. When we’re calling on batteries more, which saves the renewables from the middle of the day for the night, that is really putting very significant…
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