Labor fires back at Adani Australia CEO over foreign investment claims

Tanya Plibersek rejects Jeyakumar Janakaraj's claim Bill Shorten casting doubt on future foreign investment

Labor has rejected claims it is destabilising Australia's ability to attract investment through its growing scepticism of the controversial Adani Queensland coalmine.

Following moves by Labor to distance itself from Adani's proposed Carmichael coalmine, the Adani Australia chief executive, Jeyakumar Janakaraj, told the Weekend Australian that Labor's attacks on the project had cast doubt on Australia's ability to remain an attractive destination for capital.

But the deputy opposition leader, Tanya Plibersek, said none of Labor's criticism should harm Australia as an investment destination.