CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 26 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript:
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Subjects: Coalition's coal proposal to cost billions, public service funding, Economic Reform Roundtable
Sally Sara:
Jim Chalmers is the federal Treasurer and joins me now. Treasurer, welcome back to Breakfast.
Jim Chalmers:
Thanks very much, Sally.
Sara:
The government says new economic analysis shows that if the Coalition won the next election and kept all coal‑fired plants open for 10years from 2028, it will cost the budget more than $17billion. How have you arrived at that figure?
Chalmers:
What the Coalition is proposing with this harebrained approach to net zero would push up power prices and swing a wrecking ball through the bud...