Labor’s battery dream to cost taxpayers more than it earns
Anthony Albanese’s plans to establish a taxpayer-funded battery-making industry won’t boost national welfare and entrenches rent-seeking, a damning Productivity Commission report warns.
The independent advisory body predicts that the prime minister’s dream of turning the country into a battery powerhouse could backfire by costing taxpayers more than any economic benefits that might emerge.
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