Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg wasted no time seizing on fellow Liberal Steven Marshall's victory in South Australia's election as a fillip for the National Energy Guarantee last weekend.
The last major obstacle to the National Energy Guarantee – the Turnbull government's last chance to fashion a climate and energy policy from the smoking ruins of three or four abortive attempts – vanished with the former Weatherill government in SA, they crowed.