Will Australia ever get Snowy Hydro 2.0? – podcast
Back in 2017 the then prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, announced an ambitious expansion of Australia’s towering public infrastructure project, Snowy Hydro 2.0. Estimated at a cost of about $2bn, Turnbull had made the decision after the closure of a number of coal-fired power plants and a political fight over major blackouts in South Australia. But nearly 10 years later, the project is still not finished and now the price tag has ballooned to $25bn.
Climate and environment editor Adam Morton speaks to Reged Ahmad about the long, expensive wait for Snowy Hydro 2.0 Snowy Hydro 2.0 is costing $25bn – 12 times more than its initial estimate. How did we get here? Snowy Hydro 2.0 has blown out to 12 times its original cost – but the CEO says it ‘could have been worse’
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