Bill Shorten to accuse Coalition of 'vandalism over pragmatism' on energy policy

Opposition leader to dig in behind ETS and goal of sourcing 50% of electricity from renewables by 2030

The Labor leader, Bill Shorten, will dig in behind his party's goal of sourcing 50% of Australia's electricity from renewables by 2030 and the party's proposed emissions trading scheme, arguing they are vehicles to drive new investment in clean energy.

Shorten will use a speech at Bloomberg in Sydney on Thursday to hit back against the prime minister's recent intensification of the energy debate, declaring Malcolm Turnbull, through his partisan attacks, is generating renewed investment uncertainty in the electricity sector and, as a consequence, undermining jobs.