Smelter's future secured but cost to taxpayers unclear

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : The Australian Workers' Union said it was a pivotal moment for Australian manufacturing.
58% : " The full details of the arrangements are yet to be revealed but will involve the Commonwealth entering into fixed-price power purchasing agreements and providing concessional finance to accelerate building of renewable energy generation, storage and transmission projects.
58% : Prioritising access to low-cost, firmed renewables was exactly the kind of government intervention needed to secure manufacturing and protect the climate, the Australian Conservation Foundation's national climate policy adviser Annika Reynolds said.
57% : But on Friday, the government announced it had come to an agreement with the minerals giant to keep Tomago powered with cheap renewable energy underwritten by the taxpayer.

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