Nationals leader David Littleproud says his party will not be voting for the government’s emergency energy legislation.
“That’ll have unintended consequences – it will tear away at investment confidence,” he told Sky News Australia.
He said the legislation will threaten the “big issue” of energy supply, which the government should be more focused on tackling.“The government has no agenda around the structural changes around supply.”
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