Labor asks for inquiry into how Shine Energy secured $4m grant for Collinsville coal plant study

Labor has requested an auditor-general investigation into how Shine Energy secured $4m for a feasibility study into a coal-fired power station at Collinsville in north Queensland with an application two days after the grant was publicly announced. Labor’s climate spokesman, Mark Butler, has written to the auditor-general requesting an inquiry into the supporting reliable energy infrastructure program, which Guardian Australia revealed resulted…