Government has no plans to build coal-fired power station, Josh Frydenberg says

Energy minister hoses down lobbying from Nationals, saying the government would only support new coal-fired power if the market backed it

The government has no plans to build a coal-fired power station, energy minister Josh Frydenberg has said, despite repeated public lobbying by senior Nationals to bring more coal into the system.

Frydenberg told the ABC on Wednesday if the market supported a new coal-fired power station, "then we will support that".