Minister, as a part of the Marinus whole‑of‑state‑business case, the fibre optic cable that is proposed as a part of the power generation aspect wasn't considered. I'm wondering if
Minister, we understand the EPA has a significant decision to make about Marinus Link over the next 10 days or so. There's a board meeting and board decision.
Minister, page 12 of the Whole-of-State Business Case acknowledges the increase in transmission prices.
We know that Marinus has been identified as a risk in the Budget - future funding for Marinus. Do you have the modelling that was undertaken for the whole-of-state business case?
While the Liberals have tabled their economic assessment for Marinus, the critical environmental river flow assessments are still not public.
On behalf of the Greens, I attended the Liberal government’s briefing on Marinus Link yesterday afternoon, alongside other crossbench MPs.
The cost of large-scale batteries has reduced by a third since Battery of the Nation and Marinus Link was first contemplated and the cost of transmission and cable infrastructure has doubled.
The same release claims that there will be savings to a typical household user from stage 1 of $35 to $40 a year.
The Greens have never resiled from taking on debt for good public infrastructure. That is something we fundamentally support and believe.
We are now expected to be excited about the fact that we will get one cable for the price of two.