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The Labor leader Anthony Albanese has declared the Morrison government is trying to emasculate" the Australian Renewable Energy Agency by overhauling the mandate of the organisation so there is less focus on solar and wind, and more investment in hydrogen, carbon capture and storage, microgrids and energy efficiency.

Responding to the Coalition's decision, Albanese said the government had never liked Arena or the Clean Energy Finance Corporation. They have tried to abolish it and now they are trying to emasculate it," he said.